The “Seditious Six” — A Long History of Gun Control Efforts, Now Trying to Foment Treason

Opinion

The group of six Democratic lawmakers (all with military or national-security backgrounds) — now widely dubbed the “Seditious Six” — are attempting to cloak themselves in constitutional righteousness.

In a highly politicized video, they urged U.S. service members to “refuse illegal orders,” a message so ambiguous and inflammatory that the Pentagon launched a formal misconduct investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly.

But none of this should surprise anyone who has followed their careers. For years, the Seditious Six have marched in lockstep with the most aggressive gun-control lobbies in America — pushing legislation aimed at regulating, restricting, or eliminating the firearms owned by millions of peaceful, law-abiding citizens.

Their “constitutional” posturing now is not an isolated event. It is the latest escalation in a long, coordinated effort to weaken the Second Amendment while hiding behind military credentials and patriotic language.

Here’s the breakdown.

The Shared Agenda: Every Major Gun-Control Proposal, Straight Down the Line

Each member of the Seditious Six has consistently advanced the core priorities of Washington’s gun-control lobby:

• Universal Background Checks on All Sales: A federal “universal” background-check mandate — including private transfers — which gun owners correctly view as an undeclared firearm registry.
• Red-Flag / ERPO Confiscation Orders: Seizure of firearms without a criminal conviction, relying on the weakest standard of due process available in civil court. A model ripe for abuse.
• Bans on Semi-Automatic Rifles & Standard Magazines: Every member supports bans or restrictions targeting the most common modern rifles and magazines in America — the same rifles used by millions for lawful home defense, hunting, and competition.
• Federal Safe-Storage Mandates: Government-dictated rules on how Americans store firearms inside their own homes. Noncompliance means punishment; compliance means surrendering personal autonomy to unelected regulators.

Individually, each proposal is bad enough. Taken together, they amount to a federal re-engineering of gun ownership itself.

And now, with their “refuse illegal orders” stunt, they appear willing to add sedition to their portfolio.

Meet the Seditious Six — and Their Records

Mark Kelly (D-AZ, Senator)

A naval veteran and retired astronaut who has become one of the most consistent anti-gun voices in Washington. Kelly co-authored and advanced the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, expanding background checks, adding new firearm prohibitors, and injecting federal dollars into ERPO systems nationwide.

He previously praised expanding background checks and now pushes the GOSAFE Act, redefining common semi-automatic firearms as prohibited “assault-type” weapons.

• Elissa Slotkin (D-MI, Senator) Slotkin voted for the 2022 Assault Weapons Ban (H.R. 1808) and introduced the Safe Guns, Safe Kids Act, a national safe-storage mandate that would criminalize many ordinary gun-owning households.
• Jason Crow (D-CO, Rep.) A former Army Ranger who routinely uses the phrase “common-sense gun reform” to promote bans, ERPO orders, and restrictions on lawful gun owners.
• Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA, Rep.) Former Air Force officer; consistent co-sponsor of universal background checks and magazine restrictions; publicly aligned with national gun-control advocacy groups.
• Chris Deluzio (D-PA, Rep.) Former naval officer; a vocal proponent of assault-weapon bans and safe-storage mandates; frequently attacks political opponents as puppets of the firearm industry.
• Maggie Goodlander (D-NH, Rep.) Former intelligence officer; supports expanded background checks, red-flag laws, and increased federal oversight of firearms.

These are not moderates. These are not compromisers.

These are six of the most reliable anti-gun votes in Congress — wrapped in military uniforms and patriotic branding.

The Seditious Six, In Their Own Words

In their joint 2025 statement defending the “refuse illegal orders” video, the group declared:

“We are veterans and national security professionals… we swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution. That oath lasts a lifetime.”
— Joint Statement, Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Deluzio, Goodlander, Houlahan

They followed that with:

“Our servicemembers should know we have their backs… to follow only lawful orders.”

But they offered no examples of any “illegal orders” they believed were being issued — a detail even CNN called out.

When backlash intensified, Kelly attempted to portray himself as the victim:

“I’ve given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies who care more about their own power than protecting the Constitution.”
— Mark Kelly, GoldRushCam interview

The rhetoric sounds noble — until you compare it to his legislative record.

Kelly’s Legislative Record: Emotional Appeals, Sweeping Bans

When reintroducing the GOSAFE Act on April 10, 2025, Kelly framed himself as a gun-owning combat veteran — an emotional appeal meant to soften opposition:

“As a gun owner and a combat veteran… I know firsthand the damage these weapons can cause.”

At a 2023 mass-shooting press conference, he pressed for even deeper restrictions:

“If that was not a high-capacity magazine… you would have had fewer people shot, and fewer people killed.”

Kelly’s demands are not about cosmetic features. They are about capacity, mechanics, and eliminating entire categories of firearms commonly owned by millions of Americans.

What This Reveals: A Coordinated, Long-Term Strategy

The Seditious Six combine:

• military authority
• emotional narrative
• aggressive legislation
• patriotic framing

This is no accident. It is a deliberate communications strategy designed to deflect charges of extremism while advancing the most sweeping gun-control agenda in modern congressional history.

They are not trying to “balance rights with safety.” They are trying to regulate the Second Amendment out of existence — from the inside out.

Why Gun Owners Must Pay Attention

• Slippery slopes are real. “Universal background checks” become registries.
  “Red-flag laws” become pre-crime gun confiscation.
  “Safe storage” becomes selective enforcement.
• Their military backgrounds give them cover.
  They use their service to make anti-gun positions sound patriotic — even heroic.
• This is not incremental or isolated.
  This is a bloc of lawmakers acting in unison, pushing the same agenda, using the same language, backed by the same national groups.

Change the rhetoric, and you change the country. Change the definitions, and you change the rights.

They know this. And they’re good at it.

From “Refuse Illegal Orders” to “Seditious Six”

The video wasn’t a “mistake.” It wasn’t “clumsy messaging.”

It was the next step in a long campaign to redefine constitutional duty in a way that justifies federal control over the weapons owned by the American people.

Their message to service members raised red flags. But their legislative record raises sirens.

If the Seditious Six succeed, gun ownership in America will not be a right.

It will be a conditional privilege — one they reserve the authority to grant or remove.

This is not a debate. This is not a compromise.

Their voting records and this despicable video are a power play to gut your Second Amendment and undermine a sitting U.S. President.

About Tred Law

Tred Law is your everyday patriot with a deep love for this country and a no-compromise approach to the Second Amendment. He does not write articles for Ammoland every week, but when he does write, it is usually about liberals Fing with his right to keep and bear arms.

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