On Friday, February 7, President Trump issued a first-of-its-kind Executive Order prioritizing the Second Amendment as "an indispensable safeguard of security and liberty." The order is the first step in what could be a broad reversal of the Biden Administration's firearms policies.
The directive instructs Attorney General Pam Bondi to, within 30 days, "examine all orders, regulations, guidance, plans, international agreements, and other actions of executive departments and agencies (agencies) to assess any ongoing infringements of the Second Amendment rights of our citizens, and present a proposed plan of action to the President, through the Domestic Policy Advisor, to protect the Second Amendment rights of all Americans."
The review will be sweeping. At a minimum, key areas for scrutiny will include:
- Presidential and agency actions that may have restricted firearm rights.
- Rulemakings by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives...
