Our founding fathers, early lawmakers, and the American people of the late 1700s believed the right to keep and bear arms was so important that they enshrined it as the Second Amendment to the Constitution. In fact, the only amendment that precedes it in the Bill of Rights is the First Amendment, which, as you know, guarantees freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the freedom to peaceably assemble.
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Following the president’s executive orders on gun control earlier this year, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) introduced legislation that would protect firearm transfers among family members.
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U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) issued the following statement after President Obama addressed Americans in a speech which would unilaterally mandate new gun control measures.
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Today, the House of Representatives passed legislation sponsored by U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service in Cedar Hill as the “Sergeant First Class William B. Woods, Jr. Post Office.”
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All Americans are granted freedoms and rights that are guaranteed to us by the Constitution, including the Second Amendment. And when those guaranteed rights get trampled on by the administration, I will not back down.
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There has been a lot of interest from people at home about a couple of issues Congress has been working on involving our Second Amendment rights. Clearly, a majority of Missourians, such as myself, support these rights and that is precisely why I have often been on the front lines in Congress when it comes to protecting your rights.
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Last week, members of the United Nations (UN) began another, and likely the final, round of negotiations on what could become the first international treaty to regulate $70 billion global conventional arms trade.
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I believe in the Second Amendment and it is my duty to uphold the Constitution of the United States as an elected representative of the people. With that in mind, I am extremely troubled by the president’s efforts to restrict the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding folks like you. This egregious attempt to punish those who play by the rules is not acceptable.
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Following is a statement from U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) on the president’s proposal to use the executive office to circumvent the elected representatives of the people:
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It goes without saying that government has become far too involved in our daily lives. We have become a nation where government rules and regulations seem to strike at our freedoms and liberties.
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