Rep. Gosar Uses Power of the Purse to Defend Second Amendment and Support Small Businesses

Statement

Today, Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after submitting three appropriations language requests to the House Appropriations Committee to defend the Second Amendment and support law abiding businesses:

"The Second Amendment gives Americans an undeniable right to bear arms. Unfortunately, there has been a continual push to chip away at this right by the Obama Administration and other gun control advocates. ATF should not be able to require gun dealers in four states to arbitrarily report on multiple legal rifle sales.

"Furthermore, allowing the Attorney General to block the importation of a firearm, even though it is perfectly legal to possess the firearm in the U.S., defies commonsense and is an infringement on the Second Amendment. Finally, small business owners should not have to rent warehouse space and squander precious capital just to store paper copies of 20 years of guns records when those records can easily be stored electronically. My three commonsense appropriations submissions aim to correct these injustices and defend the Second Amendment."

"Brad Desaye, President of J&G Sales, Ltd in Prescott, Arizona, released the following statement after hearing of Rep. Gosar's three appropriations submissions:

"I appreciate and respect Rep. Gosar listening to our concerns and taking action to support the Second Amendment. The three issues Congressman Gosar is seeking to address are positive steps to defend the Second Amendment and to help small businesses like J&G Sales. It is a true pleasure to have a Representative that seeks out employers and constituents, asks for our input, and then takes a stand to help us! Thank you Congressman Gosar."

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