By Dave Workman
Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan, selected by House Republicans as their Minority Leader for the upcoming 120th Congress starting in January, will bring a strong history of Second Amendment support to the job, according to his record on Capitol Hill.
He’s already receiving kudos from the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA), one of the nation’s leading grassroots gun rights organizations.
An Ohio native, Jordan, represents the Buckeye State’s 4th Congressional District. After serving in both the Ohio State House of Representatives and then the State Senate, he was first elected to Congress in 2006. He is currently in his tenth term, having won re-election earlier this month. He has a bachelor’s degree in economics, a master’s degree in education and a Juris Doctor law degree.
Known for his habit of appearing in committee hearings without a jacket, Jordan has served as House Judiciary Committee chairman, and on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. He also chaired the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government during the 118th Congress.
He has occasionally sparred with gun control proponents.
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During a June 2022 hearing on a gun control proposal following the tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, Jordan—then ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee—sparred with proponents of the measure, declaring, “Democrats are always fixated on curtailing the rights of law-abiding citizens rather than trying to understand why this evil happens.”
Later in the same hearing, he observed, “Let’s be honest, they’ve told us what they want to do. Their real beef is with the Second Amendment.”
CCRKBA Executive Director Andrew Gottlieb noted in a Wednesday statement, “Jim Jordan has a consistent record as a defender of our Second Amendment. He has not wavered in his commitment to the entire Bill of Rights, but over the years he has shown a particular willingness to protect the right of individual citizens to keep and bear arms, and right now, with anti-gun Democrats already giving strong signals they will promote more gun control, Jordan is an excellent man for the job.”
