alert to its members<\/a> warning them of the possibility of such anti-gun shenanigans.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cThe time between the November elections and the swearing in of new members of Congress and our next President is known as the \u2018lame-duck\u2019 session,\u201d GOA Senior Vice President Erich Pratt wrote in the alert, headlined, \u201cTell Congress Not to Pass Gun Control During the Lame Duck Session.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s during this period that Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer can try and ram through any last-minute gun control packages before the door hits them on the way out.\u201d<\/p>\n
As Pratt pointed out in the alert, when President Barack Obama left the White House, gun owners had to fight to repeal numerous executive orders imposing gun control that he signed on his way out\u2014including a gun ban for Social Security beneficiaries and a lead ammunition ban. And just last week, Senate Democrats held a gun control hearing to push more restrictions before Republicans take over in January.<\/p>\n
This poses a danger during the lame-duck session, but it should be alleviated in January when Republicans control both houses of Congress and the presidency.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith multiple pieces of legislation on the horizon\u2014including an authorization of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and an omnibus spending bill\u2014there will be plenty of opportunities for anti-gunners to try and sneak in gun control measures like \u2018assault weapons\u2019 bans or Universal Registration Checks,\u201d Pratt wrote in the alert. \u201cIn the past, anti-gunners have attempted to hide Red Flag Gun Confiscation Laws and other gun control measures in the National Defense Authorization Act. But GOA exposed it\u2014and thanks to advocacy from our members like you, we defeated it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Efforts are being made to move the funding debate to January. But at this point, the result of those efforts is still uncertain.<\/p>\n
\u201cSpeaker Mike Johnson\u2014who helped GOA force Joe Biden to sign the veterans gun ban repeal and a historic ATF budget cut\u2014is fighting to push the funding debate out of the lame duck and into the next Congress,\u201d Pratt wrote. \u201cThis means that instead of Joe Biden and the Democrats in the Senate determining the FY 2025 spending levels, a Second Amendment-friendly White House, House and Senate can write the bill instead.\u201d<\/p>\n
As Pratt pointed out, if it\u2019s GOA allies writing the bill, America\u2019s lawful gun owners have a chance to avoid gun control and permanently eliminate the veteran gun ban.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe might also be able to defund the ATF, destroy the illegal gun registry and more!\u201d Pratt wrote. \u201cIt won\u2019t be easy to prevent gun control in the lame duck, but it is possible with your help.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the end, GOA asked members to send a letter to their Representative and Senators telling them to oppose all gun control measures during the lame-duck session.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen legislators get an earful from their constituents back home telling them to keep their hands off our Second Amendment rights, they fall in line,\u201d Pratt concluded. \u201cAnd after the Silent Majority made our voices heard in the November landslide election, the Washington Swamp knows that they better listen to the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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![<\/a>U.S. House of Representatives. Shutterstock photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nWith former President Donald Trump winning the recent election and Republicans retaining the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives and regaining the majority in the U.S. Senate, Democrats are desperate to pass whatever gun-control measures they can before January.<\/p>\nThat desperation has prompted the pro-freedom group Gun Owners of America to send an alert to its members<\/a> warning them of the possibility of such anti-gun shenanigans.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cThe time between the November elections and the swearing in of new members of Congress and our next President is known as the \u2018lame-duck\u2019 session,\u201d GOA Senior Vice President Erich Pratt wrote in the alert, headlined, \u201cTell Congress Not to Pass Gun Control During the Lame Duck Session.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s during this period that Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer can try and ram through any last-minute gun control packages before the door hits them on the way out.\u201d<\/p>\nAs Pratt pointed out in the alert, when President Barack Obama left the White House, gun owners had to fight to repeal numerous executive orders imposing gun control that he signed on his way out\u2014including a gun ban for Social Security beneficiaries and a lead ammunition ban. And just last week, Senate Democrats held a gun control hearing to push more restrictions before Republicans take over in January.<\/p>\nThis poses a danger during the lame-duck session, but it should be alleviated in January when Republicans control both houses of Congress and the presidency.<\/p>\n\u201cWith multiple pieces of legislation on the horizon\u2014including an authorization of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and an omnibus spending bill\u2014there will be plenty of opportunities for anti-gunners to try and sneak in gun control measures like \u2018assault weapons\u2019 bans or Universal Registration Checks,\u201d Pratt wrote in the alert. \u201cIn the past, anti-gunners have attempted to hide Red Flag Gun Confiscation Laws and other gun control measures in the National Defense Authorization Act. But GOA exposed it\u2014and thanks to advocacy from our members like you, we defeated it.\u201d<\/p>\nEfforts are being made to move the funding debate to January. But at this point, the result of those efforts is still uncertain.<\/p>\n\u201cSpeaker Mike Johnson\u2014who helped GOA force Joe Biden to sign the veterans gun ban repeal and a historic ATF budget cut\u2014is fighting to push the funding debate out of the lame duck and into the next Congress,\u201d Pratt wrote. \u201cThis means that instead of Joe Biden and the Democrats in the Senate determining the FY 2025 spending levels, a Second Amendment-friendly White House, House and Senate can write the bill instead.\u201d<\/p>\nAs Pratt pointed out, if it\u2019s GOA allies writing the bill, America\u2019s lawful gun owners have a chance to avoid gun control and permanently eliminate the veteran gun ban.<\/p>\n\u201cWe might also be able to defund the ATF, destroy the illegal gun registry and more!\u201d Pratt wrote. \u201cIt won\u2019t be easy to prevent gun control in the lame duck, but it is possible with your help.\u201d<\/p>\nIn the end, GOA asked members to send a letter to their Representative and Senators telling them to oppose all gun control measures during the lame-duck session.<\/p>\n\u201cWhen legislators get an earful from their constituents back home telling them to keep their hands off our Second Amendment rights, they fall in line,\u201d Pratt concluded. \u201cAnd after the Silent Majority made our voices heard in the November landslide election, the Washington Swamp knows that they better listen to the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. House of Representatives. 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That desperation has prompted the pro-freedom group Gun Owners […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4237","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reviews"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/shutterstock_1082050127-scaled.jpg\"){kind=link}