Top Democrats Urge President Biden to Rollback Trump's Dangerous Deregulation of Semiautomatic and Sniper Rifle Exports
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In a new letter to the President, the Senators reiterated the dangers of the Trump administration's gutting of the oversight authority of
"These lethal weapons are the most easily proliferated and hardest to control, and are used far more often in atrocities against innocents than any other weapon or weapon system. These are truly weapons of war, designed to kill large numbers of people very quickly," the Senators wrote. "As such, they have been used in mass shooting after mass shooting since the assault rifle ban expired in 2004. They have no place being sold to civilians in this country or any other; we cannot, therefore, leave in place the less-restrictive controls at the
A champion for major gun safety reforms,
Find a copy of the letter at: https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/04-19-21%20Menendez%20Leahy%20Feinstein%20letter%20to%20Biden%20re%20small%20arms%20export%20control%20lists.pdf and below.
Dear Mr. President:
We welcome your actions on
These lethal weapons are the most easily proliferated and hardest to control, and are used far more often in atrocities against innocents than any other weapon or weapon system. These are truly weapons of war, designed to kill large numbers of people very quickly. As such, they have been used in mass shooting after mass shooting since the assault rifle ban expired in 2004. They have no place being sold to civilians in this country or any other; we cannot, therefore, leave in place the less-restrictive controls at the
Not only did the
Restoring the export control of semiautomatic assault-style and sniper rifles to State is a change your Administration can effect in short order without legislation and without approval from
We understand that your Administration also reviewing the transfer of 3D Gun printing information from State to Commerce, which would also have occurred but for an injunction by a Federal district court judge in response to a lawsuit by 21 states' Attorneys General. These weapons could easily be smuggled onto aircraft or into schools,
Thank you for your prompt attention to this urgent matter.
Sincerely,
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