Democrats in Congress are all fired up about President Donald Trump’s executive order demanding a whole-of-government review of federal firearms regulations, and his instructions to new Attorney General Pam Bondi to “examine all orders, regulations, guidance, plans, international agreements and other actions of executive departments and agencies to assess any ongoing infringements of the Second Amendment rights of our citizens.”
In a recent, overly demanding (considering their minority status) letter penned by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, the gun-haters in blue showed their true colors.
“There is plainly no need for any new plan of action to, in the words of the executive order, ‘protect the Second Amendment rights of all Americans,’” one section of the letter, obtained by courthousenews.com, stated.
Whoo, boy. We finally got it in writing! “No need to protect the Second Amendment rights of all Americans.”
At issue are the final rules the Biden Administration’s weaponized Department of Justice and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (AFT) published, severely curtailing the rights of lawful gun owners. Rep. Raskin and other Congressional Democrats
in Congress don’t want to see those rolled back, even though some have already been struck down in various courtrooms throughout the nation.
In the letter, the representatives also launched a full-scale defense of Biden’s weaponized ATF, including the administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy which caused revocation of firearms licenses for simple clerical errors.
“The executive order specifically instructs you to examine the ATF’s ‘enhanced regulatory enforcement policy,’” the letter stated. “Under this policy, ATF initiates the process to revoke the licenses of gun dealers who put the public at serious risk by willfully violating the Gun Control Act through transferring a firearm to a prohibited person, failing to conduct a background check, falsifying records, failing to respond to a trace request or refusing to allow ATF to conduct an inspection. Through this policy, ATF has enforced the Gun Control Act as passed by Congress and has revoked the licenses of the tiny fraction of gun dealers who willfully violated the law.”
Of course, that is a blatant lie, as the Biden policy not only caused revocation of licenses for simple clerical errors, but also cause some FFLs to give up their licenses to avoid prosecution—and persecution—by the ATF.
While cheering the new “laws” put in effect by DOJ and ATF, the congressional Democrats were duplicitous enough to remind AG Bondi that only Congress can pass laws. It would be comical if it wasn’t so frustrating.
“While every administration has enforced our nation’s firearms laws to help keep us safe, any changes to those laws must come from Congress,” the letter stated. “That is why we hope you will work with us and keep us informed as we seek to ensure all Americans are safe from gun violence.”
In the end, the representatives posed a list of 12 demanding questions to AG Bondi, and insisted that she meet a March 17 deadline with her answers. I know millions of other gun owners join me in hoping she gives them the only answer they deserve on this matter: “Stick it!”
There’s no need to protect the 2nd.
Just like there’s no need to protect the 1st.
Just like there’s no need to protect the border.
Just like there’s no need to protect our people from addictive drugs.
Just like there’s no need to protect our people from toxic food additives.
Apparently the only things that need protection are NGO grifters, the borders of foreign countries and , of course, sterilizing the mentally ill for the enrichment of big pharma.
You forgot “women’s rights” which is code for abortion. Then there’s trans civil rights which means the right for men to invade women’s spaces and the right for the school system to secretly transition and sexually indoctrinate children. Priorities. I’m pretty sure it’s in the Constitution somewhere.
Maybe I missed it, but I’ve never heard of anyone fighting for father’s rights. That child in the womb is just as much the father’s child as it is the mother’s child, just like Obama is just as white as he is black.
Dude ‘of course’ ya missed it, it’s right there next to the part where the 2A ONLY allows us mere mortals to own muskets 😉
Mine identify as Muskets
The “Gun Control Act” is what the clearly demented democRat Party thinks gives them the power to bully citizens exercising a Constitutional Right. Like its sidekick Slavery was Abolished Gun Control must also be Aboished…Gun talking blowbags calling for that to happen? Crickets.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZFEz3Bt9hCw&feature=shared
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Debbie, tomorrow is pi day (3.14), better get your order in by tonite to celebrate with your favorite – I’m
guessing it’s Lemon Sauerkraut and Arsenic, topped with whipped
Battery Acid.
Congressional Dems: ‘No Need To Protect Second Amendment’ No need to vote for democrats : the last election.
The hubris and blatant tyranny expressed in that letter is mind boggling.
… “any changes to those laws must come from Congress.”
Nope, those “laws” were put in place by Executive Orders, which can be nullified and overwritten by a succeding EO. Are these egotistical LlibTards aware that their side LOST the last election?
Yes, they are just trying to keep hold of their I’ll gotten gains.
He’s forgetting that bans on bump stocks, 80% arms, Pistol braces, forced reset triggers, et al, were never outlawed by Congress, or even an executive order, but by ATF bureaucrats making their own laws.
Rep Raskin is a democrat, need one say more?
He’s been making loud noises lately. I assume he’ll run for the pres nomination.
No doubt the party that wouldn’t applaud a child cancer survivor will be endlessly droning on about Raskins’ brave and courageous battle to win over the soft and malleable.
The POS Would make great hood ornament for a Greyhound bus
Although it is true that changes in the law require congressional action, the issues being litigated are almost entirely over bureau enacted regulations, which can be change unilaterally by the agency itself, by court order, or by executive order. Unless Congress decides to amend a law to “better” express its intent, no congressional action is needed. But of course Raskin knows that. Does he think we are all fools? Or isthis simply wishful thinking?
No need for me to protect the Second Amendment, lawyers do that.
America the Land of Suing Our Way To Freedom
igotsyo gun control swinging, ratshit motherfucker
WINNING: CA Democrat Withdraws His Own Anti-Self Defense Bill in State Assembly.
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/03/13/california-anti-self-defense-measure-withdrawn-assemblyman-yanks-his-own-bill-n2186634
After years of being the only conservative Democrat in this county, where even Republicans are “progressive”, Raskin persuaded me to become the only conservative Republican in the county.
Dems in meltdown mode after Schumer folds in shutdown standoff: ‘He caved’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H70aUNkF2Hw
OK, lets clarify, just a little, what a government shut down means:
When a government shutdown happens it automatically gives The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control and great leeway in managing and allocating funds and resources and personnel.
A shutdown is basically the absence of appropriations, and is not lack of spending or money. The money is still there, it just can’t be used for incurring obligations unless the obligations are otherwise authorized by law. Certain things still get paid as they are “otherwise authorized by law”, for example: the military (and retirees) still gets paid, social security and medicare still get paid, core critical agencies ‘upkeep and maintenance and bills and required ‘minimum’ manning’ still get paid – this is because the agencies that do these functions are kept running by a reduced manpower – this is something that happened years ago, the law was changed to make these and other things “otherwise authorized by law” so they would continue during a shutdown. Basically all of government is not ‘stopped shut-down’; The government just basically slows down, non-essential functions are suspended or paused or eliminated, and some things may be delayed or take longer to happen because of reduced manning. The OMB can also, during a shutdown, reallocate funds for things and not need or require congress interaction. And sure, there are other things besides these I’ve mentioned, that happen in a government shut down too.
For personnel there are then three options available to OMB. One, OMB through the agency heads, can retain a certain amount of employees to perform functions and these get paid normally. Two, OMB can furlough personnel for the duration of the shut down. Three, OMB can lay off personnel – period – they are not coming back to work after the shutdown ends.
Now a note on the continuing resolution (CR) the democrats were not going to vote for so they could cause a government shut down: The CR was actually the same CR from the Biden administration. The republicans wanted and tried to get bi-partisan support on the CR so this could be gotten out of the way and congress could work on the other stuff they need to do, so they used the same CR democrats had already voted for under Biden. Same CR the democrats and Schumer very publicly loudly rejoiced in and wanted and voted for in 2024 touting how it was going to save government from a shutdown to save democracy ’cause “Yeah! Democrats saved your grandma from not getting her social security check, and those nasty republicans didn’t want to vote for it and wanted to take away grandmas social security check” none of which was true.
BREAKING: Dems Heard “Screaming So Loud At Each Other, Reporters QUOTE THROUGH The Door”… Winning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fv1C8PGi2o
And to add: OMB was ready for lay-offs in case the government did shut down. They had already distributed “large-scale reductions in force” requests for plans from agency heads by thursday (the shutdown would happen at midnight on friday if it happened) and in those plans were included simply laying many people off instead of furlough. If the democrats had gone though with their plans to intentionally create a government shut down to damage the country so they could falsely blame it on Trump, the democrats would have been responsible for thousands of people loosing their jobs.
Jamie Rasputin, a know liar and idiot.
None of Bidens Gun Policies were approved by Congress. Raskin MUST be forced to resign as he is violating his oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution, the 2nd Amendment is part of the Bill of Rights, which is part of the Constitution.
Ya know what, Dems! CATI or STFU!
How can they keep lying to themselves?
Oh yeah their democrats!
Do rag Raskin is a complete lying clown .
Mine are Loaded and Ready! Come and Take em!
“we seek to ensure all Americans are safe from gun violence.”
It was a stroke of Orwellian genius for Democrats to rename violent crime as “gun violence.” It led the mainstream media and half the public to blame inanimate objects instead of the criminals and gang members who commit crimes.
Imagine if Democrats do the same thing for cars and rename drunk driving injuries and deaths as “car violence.”
If Democrats copy their gun control policy and rename drunk driving deaths as “car violence,” then the news media and the public will shriek, “Ban all cars, now!” They’ll say, “It’s not the drunk driver’s fault he killed people, it’s the proliferation of assault cars with high-capacity gas tanks.” They’ll demand background checks on all car buyers and talk about closing “the car show loophole.” My state and half a dozen other states will ban cars with a gas tank holding over 10 gallons as “high-capacity assault cars” in order to “protect citizens from the scourge of car violence.” Black cars will also be banned as “assault cars” (they’re scary-looking and dangerous because they’re black, that’s how Democrats think!)