Democrats would love nothing more than to shift the blame and stoke anti-gun sentiment, and create a permanent national gun registry in the process
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) along with 21 colleagues have introduced a Congressional Review Act Joint Resolution of Disapproval (CRA) to prohibit President Biden’s Department of Justice from implementing a new rule to expand firearm definitions. The new rule would also require those with Federal Firearms Licenses to retain records permanently, in effect creating a national firearms registry.
The current rule, which the Biden administration seeks to change, allows for the disposal of records after 20 years.
About the resolution, Sen. Cruz said:“For the past two years, we’ve seen crime rates skyrocket all across the country, aided by Democrats’ soft-on crime policies and left-wing district attorneys operating like progressive activists instead of law enforcement officers.
"Democrats would love nothing more than to shift the blame and stoke anti-gun sentiment, and create a permanent national gun registry in the process. By introducing this resolution, we’re pushing back — we want to stop the Biden administration from issuing the final rule expanding the definition of firearms and instituting a national gun registry.
"We want to stop the false narrative that links the rise in crime to ‘ghost guns’ and firearms, and we want to protect law-abiding citizens who are exercising their Second Amendment rights.”
"Democrats would love nothing more than to shift the blame and stoke anti-gun sentiment, and create a permanent national gun registry in the process. By introducing this resolution, we’re pushing back — we want to stop the Biden administration from issuing the final rule expanding the definition of firearms and instituting a national gun registry.
"We want to stop the false narrative that links the rise in crime to ‘ghost guns’ and firearms, and we want to protect law-abiding citizens who are exercising their Second Amendment rights.”
The senators joining Sen. Cruz are Senators
- John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)
- John Boozman (R-Ark.)
- Mike Braun (R-Ind.)
- Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)
- Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.)
- Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)
- Steve Daines (R-Mont.)
- Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.)
- Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)
- John Hoeven (R-N.D.)
- James Inhofe (R-Okla.)
- James Lankford (R-Okla.)
- Mike Lee (R-Utah)
- Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.)
- Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)
- Rand Paul (R-Ky.)
- James Risch (R-Idaho)
- Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), and
- Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)
- John Thune (R-S.D.)
- Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)
According to the Government Accountability Office, “The CRA allows Congress to review ‘major’ rules issued by federal agencies before the rules take effect. Congress may also disapprove new rules, resulting in the rules having no force or effect.”
- Read the resolution here.
