Gun Owners of America informed me that H.R. 6395, the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, passed the House 295-125 with a veto-proof majority. There were 9 Republicans not voting, 108 voting “yea,” and 81 voting “nay.” As a pro-gun voter, I am opposed to this bill. The proposed language in §542 creates a Military Court Gun Confiscation Order (GCO) program—a disgusting violation of the Second, Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights of our armed service personnel who offer their lives to defend those same constitutional rights every day. These proposed Military Court Gun Confiscation Orders could be “issued on an ex parte basis” and therefore would “restrain a person from possessing, receiving, or otherwise accessing a firearm” without constitutional Due Process (§542(i)1(A)). In fact, the emergency Military Court GCOs are explicitly exempted from the “Protection of Due Process” provided for in 542(g)(1). Instead, “notice and opportunity to be heard [provided] after the order is issued,” is considered “sufficient to protect the respondent’s due process rights” (§542(g)(2)). Seizing firearms first and “getting the Due Process later” will never constitute sufficient Due Process, no matter how much anti-gunners may pretend it is. For these reasons, GOA scored H.R. 6395 as an anti-gun bill. I need my Senators and my President to commit to fighting the inclusion of any “Red Flag” GCOs in a final National Defense Authorization Act conference deal. Please reject Gun Confiscation Orders for our military men and women!

Gun Owners of America informed me that H.R. 6395, the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, passed the House 295-125 with a veto-proof majority. There were 9 Republicans not voting, 108 voting “yea,” and 81 voting “nay.” As a pro-gun voter, I am opposed to this bill. The proposed language in §542 creates a Military Court Gun Confiscation Order (GCO) program—a disgusting violation of the Second, Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights of our armed service personnel who offer their lives to defend those same constitutional rights every day. These proposed Military Court Gun Confiscation Orders could be “issued on an ex parte basis” and therefore would “restrain a person from possessing, receiving, or otherwise accessing a firearm” without constitutional Due Process (§542(i)1(A)). In fact, the emergency Military Court GCOs are explicitly exempted from the “Protection of Due Process” provided for in 542(g)(1). Instead, “notice and opportunity to be heard [provided] after the order is issued,” is considered “sufficient to protect the respondent’s due process rights” (§542(g)(2)). Seizing firearms first and “getting the Due Process later” will never constitute sufficient Due Process, no matter how much anti-gunners may pretend it is. For these reasons, GOA scored H.R. 6395 as an anti-gun bill. I need my Senators and my President to commit to fighting the inclusion of any “Red Flag” GCOs in a final National Defense Authorization Act conference deal. Please reject Gun Confiscation Orders for our military men and women!

Gun Owners of America informed me that H.R. 6395, the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, passed the House 295-125 with a veto-proof majority. There were 9 Republicans not voting, 108 voting “yea,” and 81 voting “nay.” As a pro-gun voter, I am opposed to this bill. The proposed language in §542 creates a Military Court Gun Confiscation Order (GCO) program—a disgusting violation of the Second, Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights of our armed service personnel who offer their lives to defend those same constitutional rights every day. These proposed Military Court Gun Confiscation Orders could be “issued on an ex parte basis” and therefore would “restrain a person from possessing, receiving, or otherwise accessing a firearm” without constitutional Due Process (§542(i)1(A)). In fact, the emergency Military Court GCOs are explicitly exempted from the “Protection of Due Process” provided for in 542(g)(1). Instead, “notice and opportunity to be heard [provided] after the order is issued,” is considered “sufficient to protect the respondent’s due process rights” (§542(g)(2)). Seizing firearms first and “getting the Due Process later” will never constitute sufficient Due Process, no matter how much anti-gunners may pretend it is. For these reasons, GOA scored H.R. 6395 as an anti-gun bill. I need my Senators and my President to commit to fighting the inclusion of any “Red Flag” GCOs in a final National Defense Authorization Act conference deal. Please reject Gun Confiscation Orders for our military men and women!