United States – -(AmmoLand.com)- One thing Second Amendment supporters need to have in mind is what they should push for after the 2022 elections. Now, there is a lot of time between now and 2022, but based on what happened in Virginia and some other trends, it is shaping up to go very nicely for those who support the Second Amendment.
But what is to be done with what could be a pro-Second Amendment majority in the House and Senate? While Joe Biden will still have a veto pen, it doesn’t mean that Second Amendment supporters will be without options.
One could say that there is a Second Amendment supportive majority in the United States, given that all 50 Republicans and Joe Manchin, Angus King, and Jon Tester have made pro-Second Amendment votes at times. However, currently, the Senate Majority Leader is Chuck Schumer, and Schumer is making Second Amendment supporters miss having Mitch McConnell in that position.
So, what changes when Congressional leadership is pro-Second Amendment. The biggest changes will be in oversight and spending. Here, they can help prevent things like Operation Chokepoint and also put the halt to funding for anti-Second Amendment propaganda from the Centers for Disease Control. In addition, Congressional oversight could also be a way to shine the light on corporate gun control and put the heat on the CEOs.
The other thing they will do is block a lot of anti-Second Amendment legislation via a numbers game and control of the committees in the House and Senate. Now, given pro-Second Amendment legislation will not be signed into law by Biden and getting the veto-proof majorities will be highly unlikely, but just blocking anti-Second Amendment legislation at the federal level will protect our rights, especially in a post-NYSRPA v. Bruen world.
It won’t just be anti-Second Amendment legislation that will be killed if Second Amendment supporters take control of Congress. Various other attacks on our rights will also be halted, like the For the People Act and other campaign finance “reform” schemes. That will allow Second Amendment supporters to make their case to the American people, and when we are able to make that case, we win the arguments.
For the potential gains in the 2022 midterms to happen, though, Second Amendment supporters will have a lot of work to do. They need to defeat anti-Second Amendment extremists at the federal, state, and local levels via the ballot box.
About Harold Hutchison
Writer Harold Hutchison has more than a dozen years of experience covering military affairs, international events, U.S. politics and Second Amendment issues. Harold was consulting senior editor at Soldier of Fortune magazine and is the author of the novel Strike Group Reagan. He has also written for the Daily Caller, National Review, Patriot Post, Strategypage.com, and other national websites.
Harold, Harold, Harold. You still don’t get it. Elections are moot when the outcomes are rigged. “It’s not who votes, it’s who counts the votes,” as Stalin once said. Also, your notion assumes that every RINO will be primaried out, and that’s also not going to happen either. McConnell may seem like a slight improvement over Schumer, but that’s a false equivalence. McConnell had 2 WHOLE YEARS with a GOP-controlled Congress and POTUS, and he REFUSED TO LET PRO-GUN BILLS PASS OUT OF COMMITTEE!
Po-tay-toe, po-tah-toe. Stop blowing smoke, Harold!
Never underestimate the Democrats ability to cheat.
We can hope that the election is enough of a Republican landslide that both houses can establish a veto-proof majority. If that happens then there are all sorts of terrible laws they can fix and also pass a lot of good ones. It’ll be filibuster-proof too.
Don’t expect much with McCarthy and McConnell in power. McCarthy will be Paul Ryan 2.0 and McConnell will still be a back room slave to Schumer. Both need to be replaced with actual conservatives
I have lived through several of these changing of guard moments. When I was young, full of hope and of the belief that my vote (aka opinion) mattered ,,, I would vote every time there was an election, even for dog catchers ! am now I’m rounding 60 and I still vote in every election because at the local level you can make a difference. County, City, State….this is where the national politicians cut their teeth and get ready for the federal or national elections. Train the politicians that we will not tolerate indifference and in polite and respectful words… Read more »
“While Joe Biden will still have a veto pen”…how will he after impeachment for intentional murder of American Citizens?
So you think Mitch McConnell is a good man?
Reacting just on the title…spend more money!!
“One could say that there is a Second Amendment supportive majority in the United States, given that all 50 Republicans and Joe Manchin, Angus King, and Jon Tester have made pro-Second Amendment votes at times.”
Do you actually believe that?
What will happen when Republicans get a majority (again):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC5MzvgE4c0&ab_channel=DanielandLucy%3ACartoonsMadness%21