18 GOP U.S. Senators Just Passed New Gun Control While No One was Paying Attention

While it appears no one was paying attention, GOP Representatives and Senators helped the Democrats pass new gun control legislation.

“18 GOP SENATORS VOTED FOR GUN CONTROL Congress just passed a law to deputize your local police as ATF agents and to fund criminal investigations into mistaken NICS denials of law-abiding citizens.”

18 GOP SENATORS VOTED FOR GUN CONTROL

Congress just passed a law to deputize your local police as ATF agents and to fund criminal investigations into mistaken NICS denials of law-abiding citizens.

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Late Wednesday night a spending bill was introduced into the House which passed with the help of 39 GOP representatives. Thursday night, led by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, 18 GOP Senators joined the Democrats to pass this nearly $2 trillion spending package which included gun control measures.

Here are the Senators responsible for the passage: Barrasso (R-WY), Blunt (R-MO), Capito (R-WV), Collins (R-ME), Cornyn (R-TX), Ernst (R-IA), Graham (R-SC), Grassley (R-IA), Hyde-Smith (R-MS), McConnell (R-KY), Moran (R-KS), Murkowski (R-AK), Portman (R-OH), Shelby (R-AL), Thune (R-SD), Tuberville (R-AL), Wicker (R-MS), Young (R-IN)

Gun Owners of America reported, “On Wednesday at 1:30 AM, the House of Representatives dropped a 2,700+ page, $1.5+ trillion spending bill containing the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act (VAWA) and the NICS Denial Notification Act—both of which included gun control.

Sections 1101-1102: the NICS Denial Notification Act to launch criminal investigations into firearm transfer background check denials—even though 9 out of 10 times the system falsely denies a law-abiding citizen.

Section 1103: funding for ATF to deputize local police to enforce federal gun laws, especially to undermine Second Amendment Protection Act (SAPA) states.“

GOA highlighted the sections of gun control that were removed and those that remained.

“Because of three years of constant grassroots opposition, four gun control sections were removed from VAWA:

• Sections 101 and 102: grant funding programs to train police to executive “red flag” gun confiscation orders.
• Section 801: an expansion of the Lautenberg Misdemeanor Gun Ban (a.k.a. Biden’s “Boyfriend Loophole”).
• Section 802: funding to turn state-level stalking laws into “red flag” gun confiscation laws.

Alas, for all the horrible gun control removed from the bill, some gun control remained:

• Sections 1101-1102: the NICS Denial Notification Act to launch criminal investigations into firearm transfer background check denials—even though 9 out of 10 times the system falsely denies a law-abiding citizen.
• Section 1103: funding for ATF to deputize local police to enforce federal gun laws, especially to undermine Second Amendment Protection Act (SAPA) states.”

While many people, on both sides of the aisle, will claim this bill was important because it included billions of dollars in funding for Ukraine, not the southern border, many Democrat wishlist items were pushed through as well. Those who were brave enough to stand against this were smeared.

As the 2022 midterms approach and the Republican primaries, GOP voters may be looking for new candidates to support after realizing how complicit some GOP Congressmen are with the Democrat’s agenda. Dozens of America First Republicans have sprung up ready to challenge these “RINOs”.

Stay tuned to Media Right News for more updates.