Issue Position: How Marco Will Stand Up for America's Gun Owners

Issue Position

The Second Amendment right to bear arms is one of Americans' most fundamental rights. Indeed, it is a right that reflects our country's founding values. Opponents of gun rights often maintain that it is outdated in the age of modern weaponry, but it is as important as ever, and no one knows that better than America's law-abiding gun owners. Marco understands the threats facing gun owners in part because he's a gun-owner himself.

The President has no right to restrict the individual right to own a firearm. Yet President Obama's two terms -- with failed attempts at ammunition bans, new restrictions on personal gun sales, and more -- has attempted to chip away at the Second Amendment. Hillary Clinton has promised to redouble President Obama's efforts.

New gun laws will do nothing to deter criminals from obtaining firearms; they will simply be ignored by those who wish to do harm. Meanwhile, new restrictions will infringe on the rights of good, law-abiding Americans who wish to have a gun for hunting, sport, or, most important, the protection of their families.

The horrific mass shootings should prompt us to ask what causes people to commit these acts -- like what can be done to improve the way we treat serious mental illness -- rather than seize on the weapons they used.

Marco has fought to protect the Second Amendment by:

Voting to block the Manchin-Bloomberg expansion of background checks
Fighting to defund the Department of Justice's radical "Operation Choke Point" and other federal attacks on law-abiding gun manufacturers and dealers
Pushing to bring fundamental Second Amendment rights back to D.C. residents
Protecting the Second Amendment rights of veterans and their families
Standing against any federal attempt to ban commonly owned sporting rifles and standard capacity magazines
Pushing to make concealed-carry permits function like drivers' licenses, so gun owners' constitutional rights don't end at state lines
Opposing U.S. involvement in the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty
Working to expand opportunities for sportsmen on federal lands

As President, Marco will continue to stand up for the rights of law-abiding gun owners, sportsmen, and hunters.

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