Heritage Action has officially come out against gun control legislation placed on the calendar by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) which includes universal background checks.
The right-wing advocacy group is scoring votes and urging members to vote No.
“The bill’s ‘universal background check’ is better understood as a ‘gun tax,'” Heritage Action said in a statement. It also said the legislation violates the Second Amendment:
In totality, the bill will not only fail to achieve the desired results, but by infringing on American’s constitutional right to keep and bear arms, it also fails to protect citizens’ right to self-defense. Passage of “feel good” legislation will not make our communities or children safe because it will ignore the root cause of these complex problems. Real, enduring solutions lie at the state and local levels, and within families and communities.
