Houston area Rep. John Culberson (R-7) has fired the first shot against President Obama’s ill advised executive actions regarding gun control. From The Hill’s report Republican eyes DOJ budget to block Obama gun orders:
A powerful House Republican is threatening to block President Obama’s executive order on guns by defunding the Department of Justice (DOJ).
In a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas), chairman of the Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the Justice Department, warned against enforcing the new gun restrictions.
“The next twelve months will be an especially dangerous time for Americans who treasure our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms,” Culberson said.
(click here to read Republican eyes DOJ budget to block Obama gun orders)
That’s the way to get the administration’s attention. And C0ngress should have used the power of the purse to reign in this President years ago. Better late than never.
Here is the complete letter:
Rep. John Culberson letter to AG Lynch about the Second Amendment
Let’s hope Culberson follows through on his threat if the Department of Justice decides to follow through with the President’s actions. Growing the federal government will not stop a single act of gun violence.
And just for the record, gun violence is down and continues to drop. Hat tip to reader Blair McClure for pointing me to this Pew Research Center report on gun violence, Gun Homicide Rate Down 49{997ab4c1e65fa660c64e6dfea23d436a73c89d6254ad3ae72f887cf583448986} Since 1993 Peak; Public Unaware. As the report points out, even though the rate of gun violence has dropped significantly in the last 20 years, most Americans think that it has gone up.
Those charts are proof that the deception of the left and liberal media works. Fight back by letting people know the truth.