We have the biggest opportunity in history to save the Second Amendment – and we cannot waste it. |
So, before the Attorney General’s report on pro-2A executive actions is due in 17 days, we’re running a series of grassroots campaigns to give the White House a comprehensive plan – directly from gun-owning Americans – to restore our gun rights.
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Today is the third part of our campaign, which encourages the President to use the law to move gun rights in the direction of freedom, and to accomplish these things by taking actions that he can do (under existing law) without Congress.
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1) Take an axe to the NFA: |
The NFA is unconstitutional. Period. It needs to be fully REPEALED by Congress. But there are also things we can do to slash it in the meantime while we continue to support legislation for Congress to fully repeal it.
President Trump can modernize and streamline the NFA, by making it as close to an instant background check as possible, by issuing tax stamps at the point of sale.
There’s no reason that buying a suppressor, SBR, or a machine gun should take more than a few minutes to clear a background check. Imagine if you could just walk into a gun store to buy a suppressor and walk out with a freshly printed tax stamp!
While the President needs Congress to repeal the NFA, he can accomplish this BY HIMSELF without any act of Congress.
Additionally, owning a machine gun absolutely is protected by the Second Amendment. And the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision clearly reaffirmed it.
The President can take concrete action without Congress to restore your right to own a machine gun. Under federal code, the U.S. government can declare a machine gun amnesty – as was done in 1968. The President must declare another amnesty in 2025, allowing gun owners to possess post-1986 machine guns.
Enabling thousands (potentially millions) of gun owners to own post-1986 machine guns would create a powerful constituency that will demand the repeal of the NFA. |
2) Exempt MILLIONS of gun buyers from FBI background checks (thus averting the hassle of mistaken gun purchase denials) |
Our goal is to repeal all NICS checks and move every single state away from “permit carry” to “Constitutional Carry.” The Constitution is clear: your “right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” A background check and a permit are undeniably infringements.
Until then, the President can take bold executive action to keep the names of countless gun buyers out of the FBI’s background check system and protect them from being hassled by mistaken NICS denials.
The President can use current law to exempt concealed carry permit holders in certain states from the NICS background checks when purchasing firearms – again, acting without Congress. |
Gun owners are sick of waiting on Congress to take action to restore our rights all while anti-gunners have no problem abusing the executive branch to issue unconstitutional orders. |
That needs to change right now. There are constitutional ways the President can take executive action to revive the Second Amendment. But we need YOUR help getting these items to his desk and to ensure they make it into his final executive action. |
Erich Pratt Senior Vice President Gun Owners of America |
