Congressman Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) is calling on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) to protect the Second Amendment in fiscal year 2024 spending.
In a letter signed by 31 other members of Congress, Clyde said funding to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) could actually endanger legal gun ownership. He warned that it was being used to carry out the
The letter, owned by Breitbart News, says: “Today, we write to you to protect the Second Amendment in the next spending package from partisan and weaponized attacks by the CDC and NIH. This poses a real threat to the Biden administration.”
Mr. Clyde and 31 other House members used the letter to remind Mr. Johnson that the CDC and NIH have previously used anti-gun “research” to:[recommend] implementing unconstitutional gun regulations; [including] National gun registration and ban on unregistered handguns. ”
The letter includes examples of funds used by the CDC and NIH to promote gun control.
- $518,000 to “expand background checks” “to strengthen policy enforcement;
[and secure] Firearm Storage Requirements” and Michigan’s Gun Confiscation Laws. - $650,000 for “Firearm Prohibition and Waiver” research.
- $349,000 to study whether state gun regulations “reduce mortality rates due to firearms laws.”
- $1.2 million to conduct research that includes “in-person and remote health check-ins” that explicitly include “safety (e.g., guns in the home).”
- $3.6 million to study “firearm retirement” among seniors. This “will be similar to most (but not all) important aspects of retirement driving.”
- $428,000 to study ‘episodic crime reporting’ that depicts violence as ‘crime’
This problem… there is a possibility that viewers will blame the victim. [and] Reinforcing racist stereotypes. ” - $126,000 to find out why Black Americans are six times more likely to “experience an assault-related firearm injury” than white Americans.
- $2.1 million to “inform evidence-based interventions to prevent the risk of firearm injuries involving Asian Americans” caused by mere “firearm possession.”
In the past, Congress has used the Dickey Amendment to block funding available to the CDC to promote gun control, and Clyde and his fellow House members are calling on Johnson to immediately implement the Second Amendment. They are calling for the use of the Dickey Amendment to protect the United States.
The letter to Chairman Johnson states, “We, the undersigned members of Congress, will not only include the Dickey Amendment in the fiscal year 2024 budgets for the CDC and NIH, but also block further funding for these anti-gun ‘research.’ We request that you do so. It is designed and intended to be used as a weapon against firearm owners and the Second Amendment we all hold dear. ”
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and also writes Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment for Breitbart News. He is also a writer and curator. He is a political analyst for Armed American Radio and a professional staff member for Pulsar Night Vision. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and completed his Ph.D. Military history focusing on the Vietnam War (Brown Navy), the U.S. Navy since its inception, the Civil War, and early modern Europe. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. To get Down Range, you can sign up at breitbart.com/downrange. Please contact us directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com.
