GOP Lawmakers Introduce Resolution To Stop Biden Admin From Expanding Firearm Definitions And Creating National Gun Registry

A group of Republican lawmakers will introduce a Congressional Review Act Joint Resolution of Disapproval (CRA) to stop President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice from implementing a new rule to expand firearm definitions.

The new resolution is joined by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford, Indiana Sen. Mike Braun, and Utah Sen. Mike Lee.

The effort seeks to stop ATF rule 2021R-05F, which was signed by Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday. The rule is set to redefine a “firearm” under federal law to include the individual parts of guns, often included in a weapons parts kit. The focus is part of Biden’s effort to stop ghost guns, or firearms sold as kits and built by the individual after ordering the parts.

“If implemented, this new rule would require gun kits and gun parts to be regulated as if they were fully functional firearms—meaning they wouldn’t be able to be sold without a serial number or without the buyer having to undergo a background check,” a statement from Cruz’s office noted.

“The new rule would also require those with Federal Firearms Licenses to retain records permanently, in effect creating a national firearms registry,” the statement added. “The current rule, which the Biden administration seeks to change, allows for the disposal of records after 20 years.”

Upon the announcement of the resolution, the Texas senator argued that the Republican leaders are “pushing back” to stop the false narrative against Second Amendment rights.

“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,” Cruz wrote.

“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,” he added.

Lankford called the Biden administration’s effort an attempt to “strip law-abiding citizens of their Second Amendment rights.”

“Crime is going up in far-left cities because of soft-on-crime policies. Biden’s response is to clamp down on guns put together in a kit. Federal law already prohibits felons from owning or possessing any gun, including so called ‘ghost guns,’” Lankford said.

“This is another attempt by the Biden Administration to strip law-abiding citizens of their Second Amendment rights instead of addressing the failed policies that have led to increased crime across the country. This action by the Biden Administration is not going to solve rising crime rates. Senator Cruz and I are pushing to overturn this rule and will introduce a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn it,” he added, according to the statement.

Biden renewed his push to ban semi-automatic long guns in a Monday speech that focused on what his administration is doing to crack down on Second Amendment rights. The Daily Wire reported:

“We need Congress to pass universal background checks, universal background checks, and I know it’s controversial but I got it done once, ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines,” Biden shouted.

Biden then suggested that people do not need what he claims are high-capacity magazines because deer do not wear “Kevlar vests.”

While announcing new actions to fight gun crime, President Biden:

• calls on Congress to pass universal background checks and to ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines
• makes a pretty funny joke about deer hunting
• shouts that assault weapons are a “weapon of war” pic.twitter.com/hOEfTFe7MQ

— The Recount (@therecount) April 11, 2022

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