Rep. Barry Moore on Biden's ATF weaponization: "If we really care about young people's lives, we need to address the fentanyl crisis"

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Barry Moore (AL-02) participated in the House Judiciary Crime Subcommittee's hearing on the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Administration (ATF)'s assault on the Second Amendment. Witnesses included Amy Swearer, Legal Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Alex Bosco, the Founder and Inventor of the Stabilizing Brace, Matthew Larosiere, Partner at Zermay-Larosiere Law Group, and Rob Wilcox, Senior Director of Policy at Everytown for Gun Safety.

Moore's opening statement:

"In the last year, we have had 107,000 opioid overdoses. That [makes opioids] the number one killer of people between the ages of eighteen and forty-five. Based on testimony we've been hearing about the open border, those victims are getting younger and younger," said Moore. "If we really care about young people in this country dying, we need to address the opioid crisis instead of trying to come after law-abiding citizens [who own firearms]."

From his exchange with witness Amy Swearer from the Heritage Foundation:

Rep. Moore: "Are you aware of any law that could stop gun violence? Is there a law that we could pass in this country that will actually stop murders?"

Swearer: "Congressman, even if you could pass a law outright banning guns, you'd still have to be able to snap your fingers to make them disappear out of the hands of violent criminals. It would be an impossibility to eliminate gun violence. We can certainly work on getting guns out of the hands of violent criminals and enabling law-abiding citizens to defend themselves with that lethal force, as is their natural and their constitutional right, but to suggest that we can somehow eliminate gun violence -- you're talking about eliminating human nature and the propensity that violent people have to commit crimes."

Rep. Moore's full remarks can be seen here: High-res | Twitter