Idaho Congressman Russ Fulcher Co-Sponsors Bill to Abolish the ATF

Idaho Congressman Russ Fulcher (R) has co-sponsored the legislation, H.R. 221, that would abolish the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.

The bill’s primary sponsor is conservative Congressman Eric Burlison (R – MO). Burlison was previously the attorney general in Missouri and is serving in his second term.

In a press release for the bill, Burlison said,

“The ATF is emblematic of the deep-state bureaucracy that believes it can infringe on constitutional liberties without consequence. If this agency cannot uphold its duty to serve the people within the framework of the Constitution, it has no place in our government.”

Fulcher’s support for H.R. 221 makes him the first Idaho congressional delegate to support the abolition of the ATF, which gun owners in Idaho have grown frustrated with for decades now.

The ATF has recently begun making its own rules outside congressional authority. For instance, the ban on bump stocks, which the ATF did on its own, was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court. The ATF also made its own rule regarding pistol braces, again outside of congressional authority.

In addition to the ATF’s unconstitutional rule-making, the bureau has also been harassing gun shops and conducting unconstitutional background checks on gun owners despite the 2nd Amendment’s clear directive for non-infringement.

Seth Rosquist, a spokesman for the Idaho Second Amendment Alliance, stated on Fulcher’s endorsement to H.R. 221:

“We are excited that at least someone in Idaho’s congressional delegation is supporting the abolishment of the ATF. The ATF is out of control and, more importantly, an unconstitutional entity. We don’t need them any longer and never should have had them around in the first place.

Fulcher has long supported the 2A in Idaho and has been a big supporter of the Idaho Second Amendement Alliance for nearly a decade, since he was a State Senator.

We are asking the rest of Idaho’s delegation to follow Fulcher’s lead and support H.R. 221!”

Do you want the ATF to be abolished? Be sure to let us know in the comments below.

Note: Greg Pruett serves as the President of the Idaho Second Amendment Alliance.

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Tags: 2nd Amendment, ATF, Eric Burlison, Firearms, Guns, H.R. 221, Idaho Second Amendment Alliance, Russ Fulcher

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