(Washington Examiner) Gun rights groups are already threatening litigation against President Joe Biden ‘s executive order designed to increase background checks, arguing his action is overly broad and will target legal gun owners.
“Biden’s executive orders today attempting to implement a pro-criminal, anti-gun agenda show that when Joe Biden and his fellow gun-grabbers have a choice between defending the rights of law-abiding citizens or siding with violent criminals, he chooses the criminals ,” Patrick Parsons, executive vice president at the American Firearms Association, told the Washington Examiner on Tuesday.
Parsons vowed that AFA would “fight to overturn these tyrannical, unconstitutional dictates at the state and federal levels, as well as in the courts.”
Biden’s order was issued during a visit to Monterey Park in California, where 11 people were killed in January following a mass shooting during Lunar New York celebrations.
White House officials told reporters the order seeks to increase the number of national background checks, promote proper gun safety and storage among owners, and aid local law enforcement agencies in making use of existing resources such as the bipartisan gun control law Biden signed into law in 2022 following the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
“It’s just common sense to check whether someone is a felon, a domestic abuser before they buy a gun,” Biden said Tuesday.
GOA warned Compromise Cornyn and Mitch McConnell of the outcome of their “bipartisan” anti-gun legislation & now we’re seeing executive orders for backdoor Universal Background Checks and funding every single “red flag” gun confiscation law.
CC: @JohnCornyn, @LeaderMcConnell https://t.co/8pyhaXU2EM
— Gun Owners of America (@GunOwners) March 14, 2023
