HTTP/2 200 date: Sat, 30 Jul 2022 00:33:31 GMT content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 vary: Accept-Encoding vary: Accept-Encoding vary: Accept-Encoding,Cookie set-cookie: __wpdm_client=e8b1b4060dd575227eebf11d138161d8; secure; HttpOnly link: ; rel="https://api.w.org/" link: ; rel="alternate"; type="application/json" link: ; rel=shortlink x-powered-by: WP Engine x-cacheable: SHORT cache-control: max-age=600, must-revalidate x-cache: HIT: 14 x-cache-group: normal cf-cache-status: DYNAMIC expect-ct: max-age=604800, report-uri="https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct" server: cloudflare cf-ray: 732a00de29f18230-IAD alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400, h3-29=":443"; ma=86400 NSSF Denounces Unconstitutional Gun Ban Passed by U.S. House of Representatives • NSSF
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NEWTOWN, Conn. — NSSF®, the firearm industry trade association, condemns the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of H.R. 1808[3], the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022, as amended. The legislation ignores the Constitutional right, upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, for law-abiding Americans to keep and bear arms that are in common use. NSSF estimates that there are over 24.4 million Modern Sporting Rifles (MSRs) in circulation in America between 1990 and 2020. “This legislation is as dangerous as it is revealing of the contempt that the House Democrats hold for the Constitution and the U.S. Supreme Court,” said Lawrence G. Keane, NSSF’s Senior Vice President and General Counsel. “Chairman Jerrold Nadler admitted[4] during debate in his committee that he didn’t care the legislation was unconstitutional and defied Supreme Court precedent. Democratic representatives are not fulfilling the interest of ‘the People,’ instead representing special-interest gun control groups that seek to disarm law-abiding citizens and scapegoat them for crimes committed by others.” The MSR remains the most-popular selling centerfire semiautomatic rifle in the United States today. There are more[5] MSRs in circulation today than there are Ford F-Series trucks on the road. The Supreme Court upheld that commonly-owned firearms are lawful for private ownership in both the Heller[6] and Bruen[7]
