Republican Party on Gun Control

	Republican Party on Gun Control Party Platform

Ease rules on interstate concealed gun carry

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Republicans: Ease rules on interstate concealed gun carry. Let people who have permits for concealed gun carry in one state carry concealed guns in other states where it's legal. Did not advance in Senate.

Democrats: Expand background checks for guns. Voted to establish new background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties, and extended the background check period on firearm sales from licensed gun dealers. Senate hasn't considered.

Source: CampusElect on 2020 Major Party positions , Aug 30, 2020

Right to obtain and store ammunition without registration

We uphold the right of individuals to keep and bear arms, a right which antedated the Constitution and was solemnly confirmed by the Second Amendment. We acknowledge, support, and defend the law-abiding citizen's God-given right of self-defense. We call for the protection of such fundamental individual rights recognized in the Supreme Court's decisions in District of Columbia v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago affirming that right, and we recognize the individual responsibility to safely use and store firearms. This also includes the right to obtain and store ammunition without registration. We support the fundamental right to self-defense wherever a law-abiding citizen has a legal right to be, and we support federal legislation that would expand the exercise of that right by allowing those with state-issued carry permits to carry firearms in any state that issues such permits to its own residents. Source: 2012 Republican Party Platform , Aug 27, 2012

The fight about guns is a fight about our Constitution

The fight about gun ownership is a fight about maintaining our Constitution as the contract that limits the powers of government and how that contract can be amended. Every conservative needs to join this fight to save our rights, save our Constitution, and save America.

Do you own a gun? Not me. But the right to own a gun needs to be defended diligently by every conservative. Gun ownership is a symbol of all our rights. As the right to own guns is diminished without the due process of amendment in article 5, so can all other aspects of the Constitution be diminished by acts of circumvention of the limits placed on the federal government in the Constitution.

Source: Rules for Conservatives, by M.C.Master, p.141 , Feb 21, 2012

Open more public land to hunting

Republicans and President Bush strongly support an individual right to own guns, which is explicitly protected by the Constitution’s Second Amendment. Our Party honors the great American tradition of hunting and we applaud efforts by the Bush Administration to make more public lands available to hunters, to increase access to hunting clinics and safety programs for children and adults, and to improve opportunities for hunting for Americans with disabilities. Source: 2004 Republican Party Platform, p. 74 , Sep 1, 2004

No frivolous gun lawsuits, no gun licensing

We believe the 2nd Amendment and all the rights guaranteed by it should enable law-abiding citizens throughout the country to own firearms in their homes for self-defense. We applaud those seeking to stop frivolous lawsuits against firearms manufacturers which is a transparent attempt to deprive citizens of their 2nd Amendment rights. We oppose federal licensing of lawabiding gun owners & national gun registration as a violation of the 2nd Amendment and an invasion of privacy of honest citizens. Source: 2004 Republican Party Platform, p. 74 , Sep 1, 2004

Will protect right to bear arms

We defend the constitutional right to bear arms. We oppose federal licensing of law-abiding gun owners and national gun registration as a violation of the Second Amendment and an invasion of privacy of honest citizens. Through programs like Project Exile, we will hold criminals individually accountable for their actions by strong enforcement of federal and state firearm laws, especially when guns are used in violent or drug-related crimes. Source: Republican Platform adopted at GOP National Convention , Aug 12, 2000

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