Elections Have Consequences – Is That the Sound of Second Amendment Freedom I Hear?

Opinion

Years ago, in an unforgettable display of cynicism and arrogance, then-newly elected President Barack Hussein Obama told us that “elections have consequences” as he began the process of attempting to “fundamentally transform America” and dismantle the Second Amendment.

Although he probably has not done so, newly elected President Donald J. Trump could probably say the same thing, and this time, we would all wholeheartedly agree.

On Friday, February 7, 2025, President Trump made history with another of his many Executive Orders, this one titled: “PROTECTING SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS.”

This historic, first-of-its-kind Presidential Executive Order begins by stating its “Purpose” as follows:

“The Second Amendment is an indispensable safeguard of security and liberty. It has preserved the right of the American people to protect ourselves, our families, and our freedoms since the founding of our great nation. Because it is foundational to maintaining all other rights held by Americans, the right to keep and bear arms must not be infringed.”

In the next section of his historic Executive Order, President Trump ordered that:

“Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Attorney General shall examine all orders, regulations, guidance, plans, international agreements and other actions of executive departments and 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.”

Within that same section of the Executive Order President Trump instructed the Attorney General to “review, at a minimum” (emphasis added) the following:

“(i) All Presidential and agencies’ actions from January 2021 through January 2025 that purport to promote safety but may have impinged on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens;
(ii) Rules promulgated by the Department of Justice, including by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, from January 2021 through January 2025 pertaining to firearms and/or Federal firearms licensees;
(iii) Agencies’ plans, orders, and actions regarding the so-called ‘enhanced regulatory enforcement policy’ pertaining to firearms and/or Federal Firearms licensees;
(iv) Reports and related documents issued by the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention;
(v) The positions taken by the United States in any and all ongoing and potential litigation that affects or could affect the ability of Americans to exercise their Second Amendment rights;
(vi) Agencies’ classifications of firearms and ammunition; and
(vii) The processing of applications to make, manufacture, transfer, or export firearms.”

This historic Executive Order continues by instructing the Attorney General to work with his Domestic Policy Advisor to implement the resulting plan.

Yes! Elections have consequences.

Note that the dates contained within the Order are the beginning and ending dates of President Biden’s reign of terror perpetrated against America’s law-abiding gun owners, dealers and manufacturers. It is obvious that the President is well aware of the harm done to our Second Amendment freedoms by America’s worst president and his cynical and despotic anti-gun cronies.

Yes! Change is in the wind.

Note item (v), above. This means that all of those cases currently pending in the courts are now up for review in terms of the positions taken and espoused by the United States Department of Justice. This could have a tremendous impact throughout the United States and upon the newly evolving Second Amendment jurisprudence.

Notice items (i) and (iv). These two items seem to be aimed at the lies, false premises, actions, conduct, and policies of the Deep State swamp creatures who made their homes within Biden’s White House staff and various Executive Branch agencies. Also, please note that the balance of the items listed above seems to be aimed directly at the Biden Administration’s sins against the Second Amendment community, mostly committed through the BATFE and various rabidly anti-gun Biden-appointed U.S. Attorneys.

Finally, it is important to note that President Trump included “international agreements” among the various items to be reviewed by the Attorney General.

Biden & Company were far too willing to sell out the American people and our Second Amendment rights in favor of European and other foreign interests by way of treaty and other “international agreements.”

The Attorney General’s report and proposed plan of action are due within 30 days. Given the overall tone and tenor of President Trump’s Executive Order to the Attorney General, I fully expect many of the anti-gun swamp creatures burrowed deep within the Deep State will soon be crying their dismay to the legacy press almost immediately. Expect their sad song of disbelief and woe to be repeated continuously among some of the usual culprits in the far-left, gun-hating press.

Yes, Mr. President! Elections do matter.

Only time will tell what, if anything, constructive and meaningful will come of this new Executive Order.

But, YES! I do believe that just might be the first strains of the sound of Second Amendment Freedom I hear coming from the Oval Office – at long last.

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President Trump Issues Executive Order to Protect the Second Amendment

About John C. Sigler

Mr. John C. Sigler is Chair of NRA’s F-Class High Power Rifle Committee. John was a member of the United States F-Class (Open) Rifle Teams that won the 2023 World Championship (Gold Medal) in South Africa and the Third Place Bronze Medal at the 2017 World Championships in Canada. Mr. Sigler holds NRA Distinguished International Rifleman Badge #67.

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