2nd Amendment

When it comes to the Second Amendment, our Founding Fathers could not have been clearer: “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” That phrase isn’t open for debate or interpretation, it’s absolute.

I will never support red flag laws or any other form of gun control that chips away at our constitutional rights. These laws are unconstitutional, plain and simple. The federal government has forgotten what “shall not be infringed” means, but I haven’t.

I will work to deregulate unconstitutional restrictions that have been forced on law-abiding gun owners and move to abolish the BATFE (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives), repeal the NFA (National Firearms Act of 1934), and repeal the GCA (Gun Control Act of 1968).

Our Founders understood that the right to bear arms wasn’t just about hunting or sport, it was about preserving liberty and deterring tyranny. 

As George Mason said during the Virginia Ratifying Convention: “To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.”

And in Federalist No. 46, James Madison warned that an armed citizenry is “the ultimate check against the encroachments of a standing army.” The Anti-Federalist Papers echoed that same warning, reminding us that “the people are the surest guardian of their own liberty.”

The Second Amendment was written as a safeguard, not a suggestion. Our Founders gave us the means to protect our families, our property, and our freedom. I will fight to make sure that right is never weakened, regulated into oblivion, or taken away.

Because when the government fears the people, liberty is secure. When the people fear the government, liberty is lost.