Cornyn Votes to Repeal Obama-Era Rule Threatening Some Texans' Second Amendment Rights

Press Release

Today a bipartisan coalition in the U.S. Senate voted to roll back a regulation issued by the Social Security Administration (SSA) during the Obama Administration that threatens to deny the 2nd Amendment rights of some Americans without due process. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn's remarks on the issue from yesterday are below, and video of his remarks can be found here.

"The rule in question allows the Social Security Administration to report folks who may need help managing their money to the National Criminal Instant Background Check System, also known as NICS.

"This is just another chapter in the same story that we heard last year when we successfully pushed back on the Veterans Administration for trying to do the same thing: bureaucrats unilaterally taking away people's constitutional rights without even notifying them of the reason, much less without giving them an opportunity for a due-process hearing.

"Well, this isn't a small matter. We've got to make sure that the bureaucracies can't continue to infringe on fundamental rights guaranteed to all Americans."

More than 20 disability and civil rights groups are in support of the Congressional Resolution of Disapproval. Supporters include:

American Association of People with Disabilities
Arc of the United States
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Bazelon Center for Mental Health
Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
Disability Law Center
National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy
National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery
National Council on Disability
National Council on Independent Living
National Disability Rights Network
National Rifle Association
New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services
ADAPT
Association of Mature American Citizens
National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors​ & National Association for Rural Mental Health
American Civil Liberties Union
National Disability Leadership Alliance
National Association for Gun Rights

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