Yesterday, the conservative leaders of the Conservative Action Project (CAP) issued the following “Memo to the Movement” urging Congress to defeat the latest misguided and ineffective gun control measure.
June 16, 2022
Washington, DC
This past Sunday, conservatives learned that ten Senate Republicans have agreed to a large scale gun control package with some of the Senate’s most radical Democrats. The announced framework includes egregious provisions which are all-but-guaranteed to result in widespread violations of Americans’ constitutional rights. In progressive-led states, these provisions could result in de facto partisan, door-to-door weapons confiscation.
Among the measures outlined in the agreement:
Federal money to coerce states to implement unconstitutional “red flag” gun confiscation orders that violate due process rights;
Additional federal money for states to close the “boyfriend loophole” in an illogical manner.
Harassment of licensed gun dealers through ineffective “pre-sale” regulatory requirements;
Arbitrary requirements to enhance screening for adults between the ages of 18 and 20;
Potential implementation of a backdoor Universal Background Check system under the guise of “clarifying” the definition of a federally licensed firearm dealer.
It is unlikely that these policies will have any meaningful impact on reducing crimes where a gun is used by a violent criminal. However, it is clear that such provisions pose significant threats to law-abiding Americans’ fundamental constitutional rights, especially the right to defend themselves and their families at a time when violent crime is soaring to historic highs.
In this political climate, Americans are right to be concerned how these proposed powers will be carried out by politicized bodies who have shown themselves to be increasingly hostile to conservatives.
Despite the apparent serious constitutional violations in the proposed framework, at least ten Republican senators agreed to meet the Democrats' radical demands.
Conservatives have good ideas on how to reduce crimes where guns are used. It is unfortunate that the current framework fails to prioritize policies designed to address the broken social and cultural institutions that habitually fall short of meeting the needs of American communities.
As such, conservatives are universally opposed to this gun control framework agreement and ask that the House and Senate reject this proposal and focus on protecting Americans from crime as opposed to attacking their constitutional liberties.
The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell
Chairman, Conservative Action Project
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The Honorable Jim DeMint
Chairman, Conservative Partnership Institute
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The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
Chief Domestic Advisor
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The Honorable Russ Vought
Director, Office of Management and Budget (2020-2021)
Myron Ebell
Director, Center for Energy and Environment,
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Thomas Fitton
President, Judicial Watch, Inc.
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The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop
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Kelly J. Shackelford, Esq.
President and CEO
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Cleta Mitchell, Esq.
Senior Legal Fellow
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Terry Schilling
President
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Scott T. Parkinson
The Honorable Morton C. Blackwell
President
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Heather R. Higgins
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Daniel Honchariw, MPA
Nevada State Director
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Ralph Benko
Chairman, The Capitalist League
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Philip Singleton
Georgia State Director
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Evan Newman
South Carolina State Director
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Jordan Mason
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Richard Manning
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Eunie Smith
President Emeritus
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The Honorable Tony Perkins
President
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Ed Corrigan
Vice Chairman, Conservative Action Project and
President & CEO, Conservative Partnership Institute
Jenny Beth Martin
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Kevin Roberts, Ph.D.
President
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Craig Shirley
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Judson Phillips
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Tim Throckmorton
President
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Tom DeWeese
President
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Star Parker
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Floyd Brown
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Peggy Dau
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Richard Norman
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Robert D. Thompson
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Kay R. Daly
President
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Joseph A. Morris
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Susan Carleson Currer
Chairman
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Mario Navarro da Costa
Director, Washington Bureau
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The Honorable James C. Miller III
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Kevin Freeman
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Linda L. Bean
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Melvin Adams
President
Noah Webster Educational Foundation
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