'An All-Out Assault on the
Second Amendment': Gun Rights Groups
Respond to Biden's New Executive Order
New executive order will make criminals out
of law-abiding gun owners, 2A advocates say
U.S. President Joe Biden discusses efforts to reduce gun violence at The Boys & Girls Club of
West San Gabriel Valley, Monterey Park, Calif. Mar. 14, 2023. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
By Michael Clements. Mar 16, 2023
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Second Amendment advocates have responded to President Joe Biden's newest executive order designed to advance his gun control agenda and his repeated call for a ban on so-called "assault weapons"' and high-capacity magazines.
"Crimes are committed by criminals. Until President Biden and his allies decide to go after violent criminals, violence will continue to spiral out of control as it has. The focus of our laws and efforts should be on the criminal element and not on law-abiding Americans," a statement from the National Rifle Association reads.
Biden's order will require background checks on more than just retail firearms sales, promote the adoption and use of "Red Flag Laws," make gun dealer inspection reports public, call for stricter enforcement of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, and request that the Federal Trade Commission issue a report on the marketing of firearms to children by gun makers.
"The executive order ramps up our efforts to hold the gun industry accountable. It's the only outfit you can't sue these days," Biden said while in California on March 14.
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