The group’s attorney, Matthew Larosiere, will present the group’s case this week.
For far too long, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) have been partaking in activities surrounding firearms that have violated the Second Amendment rights of private gun owners. Now, the Second Amendment Foundation is ready to fight back.
Attorney Matthew Larosiere, who serves as a scholar of law and policy for the group, will present their case today with the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, under the name “ATF’s Assault on the Second Amendment: When Is Enough Enough?”
When asked for the reasoning for this case, SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb explained, “Under Joe Biden, the ATF has been weaponized against law-abiding citizens, and his new budget proposal includes $1.9 billion for the agency to expand operations and increase regulation of the firearms industry.”
He added, “We’re proud to have Matt offering insight to the House committee.”
SAF Executive Director Adam Kraut added, “ATF has been known for its institutional abuse of power throughout history. Now, more than ever, the agency is being weaponized as a means to punish peaceable gun owners and drive small businesses out of the marketplace by inventing creative statutory interpretations surpassing the agency’s authority and scrutinizing federal firearms licensees every actions in a ‘gotcha’ manner.”
A representative for the Second Amendment Foundation joins us now to discuss this matter further.
Q&A:
- Would you say that the ATF’s interests are aligning with Biden’s steps to try and get “assault weapons” bans outright, using an inflated budget to increase their enforcement?
- How is the ATF violating the rights of citizens? By looking into their gun purchases? Exploring their private history? Or a number of these things?
- What do you hope that Larosiere and the Second Amendment Foundation look to prove during this hearing with the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability?
- Where do you see the battle over gun rights going in the months ahead? Will Biden likely “double down” and continue to try to fund the ATF? Or will there finally be enough convincing for Congress to guarantee the rights of gun owners, per the Second Amendment?
- For the longest time, you’ve been talking about Concealed-Carry, or Constitutional-Carry as some call it, being a more viable solution to “active shooters” rather than an all-out gun ban. Why do you believe this is the case, and why isn’t Biden on board with it?
- Where can people call in to pledge their support to the Second Amendment Foundation?
The number to support the group is (800) 699-0992.
- Where can we learn more about the Second Amendment Foundation and its members?
Those interested can visit http://www.saf.org/.
Second Amendment Foundation spokespersons available to be your guest:
ABOUT CHRIS CHENG (In Pacific Time)
Chris Cheng serves on the advisory council to the Second Amendment Foundation’s Board of Trustees. He is the History Channel’s Top Shot Season 4 Champion and author of the book “Shoot to Win.” Cheng is an Asian D&I advocate in the gun community; a former Google employee who went from self-taught amateur to pro shooter.
ABOUT CAM EDWARDS (In Eastern Time)
Cam Edwards is the editor at Bearing Arms-dot-com and hosts the popular podcast Cam & Company that focuses on Second Amendment news and information. Cam is originally from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and has worked in radio, television, and online media for over two decades. He currently lives on a small farm with his family near Farmville, Virginia, and is a member of the board of Citizens Committee to Keep and Bear Arms.
ABOUT MARK WALTERS (in Eastern Time):
Mark Walters is a member of the board of directors for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. As a nationally syndicated host of two talk radio programs, Armed American Radio and Armed American Radio’s Daily Defense, Mark is heard on hundreds of stations weekly across the country. Mark is the co-founder of Armed American News and the recipient of the 2015 “Gun Rights Defender of the Year award.” In addition, Mark Walters is co-author of three books, including Lessons from Armed America, Lessons from Unarmed America, and Grilling While Armed.
ABOUT LEE WILLIAMS (In Eastern Time)
Lee Williams is also known as The Gun Writer and has been writing about the Second Amendment, firearms, the firearms industry, and the gun culture for more than ten years. He is the Chief Editor of the Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Reporting Project and is a frequent contributor to Ammoland News and Armed American Radio. In addition, Lee serves as a board member of Florida Carry, Inc. He was also an editor for a daily newspaper in Florida. Before becoming a newspaper editor, Lee was an investigative reporter in three states and a U.S. Territory. Before becoming a journalist, he worked as a police officer. Before becoming a cop, Lee served in the Army. Lee has earned more than a dozen national journalism awards as a reporter and three medals of valor as a police officer.
ABOUT DAVE WORKMAN (In Pacific Time):
Dave Workman is an award-winning career journalist and senior editor of TheGunMag.com. He writes for Liberty Park Press, Conservative Firing Line, and is communications director for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. He has authored Op-Ed pieces in several major newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and co-authored seven books with Second Amendment Foundation Alan Gottlieb. Workman’s beat is firearms, from politics to the outdoors. He is widely considered an authority on firearms, concealed carry, and gun politics.
The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing, and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 700,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.
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