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Today, Rep. Jack Bergman voted in opposition to H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446 and released the following statement:

H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446 offer no real solutions to gun violence across our Nation and both pieces of legislation infringe on law-abiding citizens’ Second Amendment rights. These ill-conceived and short-sighted bills would make borrowing a hunting rifle a crime with up to a one year prison sentence and $100,000 fine, and it would give the government authority to indefinitely and arbitrarily delay lawful gun purchases. This is not what the First District sent me to Washington to support. 

"These bills are another partisan attempt to restrict legal access to firearms for law-abiding gun owners. I will continue opposing any legislation that so blatantly attempts to limit the Constitutionally-protected rights of Michiganders."

Rep. Bergman has supported additional measures that were signed into law to help improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) and promote school safety. He has also supported multiple pieces of legislation to protect Second Amendment rights, including the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow citizens that have a state-issued concealed carry permit to travel with their firearm across state lines without navigating through a patchwork of conflicting state laws.