Firearms teams have slammed Texas Senator John Cornyn’s bid to exchange Mitch McConell as Senate Republican chief, describing him as a “traitor” who has repeatedly compromised on gun rights.
In an interview with Fox Information, GOA’s Federal Affairs Director Aidan Johnston warned that Cornyn had repeatedly failed to face up for gun rights:
“Every time gun control gains steam in Congress, Senator John Cornyn is right there working with Democrats on a ‘compromise,’” he defined. “That isn’t conservative leadership, it’s capitulation!”
“In the eyes of gun owners and all those who treasure our liberties, the traitor from Texas’ record makes him wholly unfit to lead Republicans in the Senate.”
The GOA is especially upset by Cornyn’s sponsorship of the Safer Communities Act alongside Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut again in 2022.
Below the laws, states are inspired to undertake threat safety legal guidelines, generally generally known as “red flag” legal guidelines. These legal guidelines allow each civilians and legislation enforcement to hunt court docket orders briefly limiting a person’s entry to firearms.
Johnston continued:
Sen. Cornyn is answerable for serving to cross the so-called Bipartisan Safer Communities Act that, amongst different issues, bribes states to enact ‘red-flag’ gun confiscation legal guidelines, creates a nationwide de facto wait interval for younger adults to purchase a gun, and creates a backdoor ATF rule to eradicate the personal sale of firearms. These are gross infringements on the Second Modification. The perfect factor Senator Cornyn may do for gun rights is be a part of Mitch McConnell in retirement.
Additionally weighing in was the Nationwide Affiliation for Gun Rights (NAGR), who described Cornyn because the “most anti-gun Republican in Congress.”
“His sponsorship of ‘Fix NICS’ and proud role in passing the largest gun control bill in decades (Biden’s so-called Bipartisan Safer Communities Act) is repulsive to law-abiding gun owners,” mentioned the group’s president Dudley Brown.
“When the most anti-gun President in history calls an anti-gun Republican ‘rational’ that should set off alarm bells in every law-abiding gun owners’ head,” he continued.
Cornyn introduced his bid for the Senate management earlier this week after Mitch McConnell lastly introduced he would step down after almost a decade within the function.
“Throughout my time I’ve built a track record of listening to colleagues and seeking consensus, while leading the fight to stop bad policies that are harmful to our nation and the conservative cause,” he declared. “I believe the Senate is broken – that is not news to anyone. The good news is that it can be fixed, and I intend to play a major role in fixing it.”
