Rep. Zeldin Statement on House Democratic Opposition to Counter-Terrorism Bill That Would Prevent Terrorists from Purchasing Firearms

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Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1) released the following statement regarding House Democrats opposing legislation that would prevent terrorists from purchasing firearms:

"The House Democrats waged a disruptive sit-in last week to shut down Congress because they supposedly wanted to pass legislation that prevents terrorists from being able to purchase firearms. It's worth nothing that I haven't met a single member of Congress who wants to see terrorists acquire any firearms or explosives. Now, House Democrats get the opportunity next week to vote to prevent terrorists from purchasing firearms and they are opposing it for no good reason. This development shows that they aren't trying to actually solve the issue. They are just trying to score political points and change the narrative of the Orlando terrorist attack, because their fearless leader isn't exactly "firing on all cyclinders" against Islamic terror as the President claims and those terror groups aren't actually "on the run" as John Kerry alleges.

My proposal with Senator Cornyn prevents terrorists from purchasing firearms, while protecting the due process rights of Americans. It should be supported by all on both sides of the aisle.

Nancy Pelosi opposes next week's vote because she obviously doesn't want to actually solve the issue of terrorists purchasing firearms unless she gets all the credit. Additionally, she and many in her party refuse to ID the threat of radical Islam and they certainly are lost in how to eliminate it. The fact is that the Orlando shooter was a radicalized Islamic terrorist who pledged allegiance to ISIS and yelled "Allahu Akbar" while murdering 49 LGBT Americans. If we do not want to face this threat more and more here at home, the President and Congressional Democrats must start choosing to ID and confront it head on and stop playing partisan political games, desperately trying to slip and slide away from reality.

If we can prevent terrorists from purchasing firearms while also not infringing on any constitutional rights and also protecting the due process rights of Americans, why should anyone settle for anything less if the honest goal is to prevent terrorists from purchasing firearms?"

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