Fincher Responds to Obama Stomping on Second Amendment Rights

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                  Contact: Logan Ramsey
Tuesday, January 05, 2015                            Phone: (202) 225-4714

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Stephen Fincher (TN-08) released the following statement in response to President Obama taking executive action to restrict gun ownership in America:

“President Obama has no business trampling on our Second Amendment rights. The President’s decision to punish law-abiding Americans is nothing more than an ongoing diversion tactic used to draw attention away from his inability to keep Americans safe from terror attacks. On his watch, there have been seven major Islamic terror strikes on U.S. soil in the last seven years. Instead of continuing to double down on his own failed policies, the President should be focused on implementing a comprehensive strategy to defeat radical Islamic terrorism – one that doesn’t involve stripping law abiding citizens of their Constitutional rights.

“None of the executive orders the President put forth today would have prevented these horrific attacks from happening. Nor will these executive orders do anything to prevent criminals from obtaining firearms, but they will make it more difficult for law-abiding citizens to exercise their Second Amendment rights. The President should stop circumventing Congress and ignoring the will of the American people. As a strong supporter of the Second Amendment, I am completely opposed to the President’s actions and I will do everything in my power to uphold our Second Amendment rights.”

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