Right to Bear Arms

Mica on Protecting Your Second Amendment Rights

One of my top priorities has been to preserve our Second Amendment rights.  I do not support efforts to impose additional arbitrary gun control laws on the American people when it is evident that laws already in place are not being properly enforced.

Current gun laws already limit access to guns for minors and convicted criminals -- yet if they, like any law, are not enforced, they are useless.  Gun control has never succeeded in reducing violent crime in America, nor has infringing or diminishing the Second Amendment right to own and possess a firearm succeeded in keeping guns out of the hands of criminals.  Even the United States Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago reaffirmed the individual right of Americans to possess a firearm, while limiting the extent of the state and local governments to that of the Federal Government.

No one condones the tragic loss of life from gun violence and crime, but infringing on the Constitutionally-protected rights of law-abiding citizens does not protect our nation – it imperils it.  Still, the past several years under the Obama Administration have presented serious challenges to our Second Amendment rights.  The President said many times that he would act without Congress to impose new restrictions on gun purchases and ownership, and now he has issued executive orders to do just that. 

In response, I personally researched some of the main factors in instances where gun homicides occur. I believe it is important to respond to the President’s executive action, and also that there are positive things he can do to stem gun homicides.  I sent a memo to him detailing those key observations about trends in gun-related crimes and actual steps he could take to stem gun violence that might make a difference.  Each of these recommendations can be done without additional funding and within current law.  Read the memo by clicking HERE.

As this Congress continues, I will continue to support measures in Congress that ensure the freedoms of law abiding gun owners are not infringed upon.