This would mean the district would not spend money or resources enforcing federal laws Roger Deeds believes are an infringement of residents' constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
on Thursday, he told audiences on Sunday that he is still considering his options, blaming Democrat politicians for the lack of progress.
"We're looking at it right now. We're studying it very hard. It's an issue that, frankly, Congress is wasting all their time on nonsense. We're studying it very hard,"Trump."The Democrats in Congress are doing nothing. I'll tell you what: They're going to lose the election. You know why? Because they're not doing anything."
The President's dawdling may come down to a power tussle in the White House: with Ivanka Trump and Attorney General William Barr—who are pushing for firearm restrictions—on one side and acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. on the other. Mulvaney and Trump Jr. say supporting tougher restrictions on gun ownership could risk alienating voters.
Look at the numbers and it appears Americans are largely in favor of tightening gun laws with almost six in ten adults supportive of stricter restrictions around firearms, according to a 2018 poll conducted byHowever, if you were to look at Republican voters only, those supportive of tightening gun laws shrinks to a little over one in four —with the majority saying gun laws are about right.
As for Deeds, his announcement might be an effort to sure up votes ahead of the 2020 elections. If Deeds wins the vote, he will remain in office for a fourth term—but this relies on him batting off challengers, including one pro-gun opponent who opposes even the most basic gun licensing or training,
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