West Virginia Attorney General Threatens To Sue Biden For His Gun Control Executive Actions
On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced a series of gun control executive orders. This has already come back to bite him, however, as West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey (R) is threatening to file a lawsuit against his administration over the Anti-gun measures.
Morrisey Fires Back At Biden
āDefending the Second Amendment remains one of the most important priorities for the West Virginia Attorney Generalās Office. I will not allow the far left to run roughshod over our citizensā gun rights. If President Biden follows through on his proposals, we will be in court very quickly,āĀ Morrisey said in a statement.
āGun violence and the senseless death attributed to it should pain all Americans, however, the evil acts of a select few should never be a catalyst for stripping the lawful masses of their constitutional rights, especially their right to self-defense and to bear arms,ā he added.
.@MorriseyWV after @POTUSā announcement regarding gun violence: āGun violence and the senseless death attributed to it should pain all Americans, however, the evil acts of a select few should never be a catalyst for stripping the lawful masses of their constitutional rights ā¦ā pic.twitter.com/hSPlDc9Br7
ā Alex Thomas (@AlexHouseThomas) April 8, 2021
Bidenās Gun Control AnnouncementĀ
This came after Biden orderedĀ the Department of Justice to write laws requiring background checks forĀ homemade āghost guns.ā He also directed the Department of Justice toĀ develop a model for āred flagā laws for states as a possible guideline.
āThe idea is just bizarre to suggest some of the things we are recommending is contrary to the Constitution,ā Biden said in a speech delivered in the Rose Garden.
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āGun violence in this country is an epidemic,ā the president continued, going on to describe this matter as āan international embarrassment.ā
āThe job of any president is to protect the American people, whether Congress acts or not,ā Biden said. āIām going to use all the resources at my disposal to keep the American people safe from gun violence. But thereās much more that Congress can do to help that effort.ā
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Biden Targets Second AmendmentĀ
Biden also made it clear that he has no problem with targeting the Second Amendment.
āNo amendment to theĀ Constitution is absolute,āĀ Biden said, according to The New York Post.Ā āYou canāt yell ā¦ āfireā in a crowded movie theater and call it freedom of speech.ā
āFrom the very beginning, you couldnāt own any weapon you wanted to own,ā he said. āFrom the very beginning that the Second Amendment existed, certain people werenāt allowed to have weapons.ā
This piece was written by James Samson on April 9, 2021. It originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission.
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