Second-term Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert has introduced legislation to repeal last year’s bipartisan gun control bill, The Hill is reporting.
Boebert, a conservative Republican who barely won re-election last fall, is joined by 16 other GOP House members including Rep. Mary Miller (IL-15), Rep. Troy Nehls (TX-22), Rep. Ralph Norman (SC-05), Rep. Andy Ogles (TN-05), Rep. Byron Donalds (FL-19), Rep. Paul Gosar (AZ-09), Rep. Jeff Duncan (SC-03), Rep. Warren Davidson (OH-08), Rep. Diana Harshbarger (TN-01), Rep. Dan Bishop (NC-08), Rep. Matt Rosendale (MT-02), Rep. Eric Burlison (MO-07), Rep. Randy Weber (TX-14), Rep. Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), Scott Perry (PA-10), and Rep. Josh Brecheen (OK-02).
The bill, H.R. 3212, is known as the “Shall Not Be Infringed Act.” According to her website, the bill “protects the Second Amendment by repealing the following provisions from the 2023 Appropriations Omnibus bill”:
- Cutting the ATF’s 14.1% budget increase.
- Cutting $14.4 million for the ATF to maintain its illegal gun registry.
- Cutting $700+ million in bribes for states to pass red flag laws.
- Reversing the decision to weaponize the VA to attack veterans with gun confiscation.
- Defunding the Department of Education’s efforts to mandate so-called safe storage.
- Defunding VA and HHS programs that track where veterans are storing their guns.
- Defunding programs that discourage women from exercising their Second Amendment rights.
- Defunding research that labels conservative gun owners as dangerous right-wing radicals.
“I unapologetically support the Second Amendment,” Boebert said in a news release. “No amount of gun control will ever eliminate evil in our society, and unsurprisingly, the data has shown time and again that gun control does not decrease gun violence. Just look at Chicago or New York, where gun control has created criminal safe havens since evildoers know their victims will be unarmed. It is ironic that the same people who are calling to defund the police also want to leave everyday Americans defenseless. I will always stand against this nonsense and stand for law-abiding Americans and the Constitution.”
The release quoted other sponsors, including Florida’s Donalds, who recalled, “Last Congress, (former House Speaker Nancy) Pelosi chose to make restricting our Second Amendment rights a staple of her legislative agenda, but her unconstitutional edicts will not stand. Our Second Amendment rights ‘shall not be infringed.’ I’m proud to stand alongside Rep. Boebert in this legislative fight for American freedom by repealing Pelosi’s tyrannical gun control platform.”
Boebert came into Congress four years ago as a hardcore Second Amendment advocate. She made headlines for wanting to be armed in the District of Columbia, and for clashing with some House Democrats. Earlier this week, Boebert was in the news again, having filed for divorce from her husband of nearly 20 years.
