Congresswoman Tenney’s Statement on the House's Passage of Senate Gun Control Bill

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-22) today released the following statement after the House's passage of the Senate’s anti-Second Amendment gun control package, which she opposed.

“This overreaching gun control legislation will not stop the violent shootings taking place across our country or address the unprecedented spike in violent crime our communities are facing. However, it will restrict and undermine the freedoms of law-abiding Americans, while handing more power to the federal government and unelected bureaucrats.

“To effectively address gun violence, we should restore law and order, and this starts by fully funding law enforcement and prosecuting those who violate existing laws. The compromise struck by the Senate pushes overreaching, unconstitutional, and failed gun control measures that will do little to make our communities safer at great expense to the Second Amendment rights of Americans. This legislation expands support for red flag laws at the federal level, potentially allowing the government to confiscate the guns of Americans without sufficient due process protections. It also requires young Americans to wait significantly longer to legally purchase a firearm, effectively creating a second class of citizens who can vote and join the military but face new restrictions when legally purchasing a firearm.

“I will continue to defend our Second Amendment rights, while strongly opposing far-left policies that undermine our fundamental rights and make American communities less safe.”

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