The race to determine who will lead Republicans in the US Senate in the next Congress is on. As a result of last week’s election, the GOP will take control of the upper house and will have a 53-47 majority beginning in January. The bad news for gun owners is that the three top contenders — Florida’s Rick Scott, South Dakota’s John Thune, and Texas’s John Cornyn — can’t be classified as Second Amendment stalwarts.
Of the three, perhaps none have disappointed gun owners more than Cornyn. He was the driving force on the Republican side who worked with Connecticut’s Chris Murphy to make the Democrats’ disastrous gun control bill, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, a reality. And the National Association for Gun Rights is letting its members and the world know that Cornyn’s record should disqualify him from holding any Senate leadership position. Among a range of missteps by Texas’s senior Senator, they’re focusing on what legislation he’s backed has done to veterans’ gun rights . . .
The National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR) is condemning Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn’s bid for Majority Leader, emphasizing that gun control legislation authored by the Texas Republican has undermined the Second Amendment rights of thousands of honorable veterans.
“John Cornyn sponsored the anti-gun ‘FIX-NICS’ Act, forcing it through in a massive early 2018 spending bill. Since then, an additional 70,568 of America’s finest veterans have had their gun rights stripped without due process because of this reckless act,” stated Taylor Rhodes, NAGR’s Communications Director.
FBI data reveals that the number of VA beneficiaries reported to the NICS Index—a federal list barring individuals from gun ownership—rose from 194,325 three months before Cornyn’s “FIX-NICS” legislation was enacted to 264,893 by December 31, 2023, the most recent figures available.
“This is a deeply troubling statistic to report on Veterans Day,” said Rhodes. “The rush to strip gun rights from law-abiding Americans by adding more names to this flawed federal no-guns list—without due process—is the wrong approach.”
Texas Gun Rights (TXGR) President Chris McNutt echoed NAGR’s criticism of Cornyn.
“Not only did Cornyn strip gun rights from our nation’s heroes, but he also doubled down on his assault on our constitutional rights by putting a federal ‘Red Flag’ gun confiscation funding bill on Joe Biden’s desk in 2022—and then attacked gun rights activists for standing against his actions,” McNutt said.
McNutt highlighted that Cornyn was the prime sponsor of the so-called “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act,” signed by President Biden in 2022. This legislation, among other gun control measures, directed millions of grant dollars to support Red Flag Gun Confiscation programs and similar initiatives nationwide, including $36 million allocated to Texas alone.
According to NAGR and TXGR, these actions should immediately disqualify Senator Cornyn from being chosen as the Republican Senate Majority Leader.
“We need a U.S. Senate leader who will protect and restore the Second Amendment rights of veterans and all Americans,” Rhodes stated. “We need a leader who will repeal Red Flag funding and dismantle the NICS system, not expand it. John Cornyn is not just the wrong choice; he’s the worst choice.”
The hard push is being made to get Florida’s Rick Scott as Senate leader.
We’ll see on Wednesday…
It’s a shame our options are three gun grabbers. I’ll take Mike Lee’s idea of Vance instead.
Now, now, gotta look at the Big Picture here folks…
/sarc
“Now, now, gotta look at the Big Picture here folks…”
I far prefer we have some input rather than Cackles…
so the republicans can claim ‘we are bipartisan, see even one of your own is Senate leader.”
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LEAKED: GOP Senators “Aghast” That The VOTERS Are Getting Involved In Senate Majority Vote.
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Cornyn must be stopped. He’s a traitor and McConnell’s puppet.