Rep. Barry Moore rails against Democrats’ egregious attacks on our Constitutional right to bear arms

Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representative Barry Moore (AL-02) issued the following statement on H.R. 8, the “Bipartisan Background Checks Act”: 

“While Democrats govern from an ivory tower, enjoying the safety and protection of armed members of the military, they’re pushing open borders and anti-gun legislation that’s a direct attack on our constitutional rights to bear arms,” said Rep. Moore. “Their ‘rules for thee but not for me’ approach is a slap in the face to law-abiding gun owners and is just another glaring example of Democrats’ dangerous attempts to deprive Americans of their Constitutional freedoms.”

Background: The “Bipartisan Background Checks Act” requires background checks for the temporary transfer of a firearm. Simply handing a gun to another individual could result in penalties of up to one year in prison and/or a $100,000 fine.

Under this legislation, the following situations would now be criminal:

• Friend loaning a gun to a domestic abuse victim whose abuser made serious threats after recently being released from jail.
• Hunter checking in a firearm with an airline before boarding a plane for a hunting trip.
• Farmer lending a gun to a neighbor to euthanize a severely injured horse.
• Man loaning a firearm to his cousin who fears her newborn baby’s safety following an uptick of burglaries in her neighborhood. 

Click here for an audio version of this release.

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