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Here\u2019s A List Of Biden\u2019s Pro-Gun Control Cabinet Picks<\/a><\/p>\n

At least five of\u00a0 Joe Biden\u2019s reported cabinet picks have expressed pro-gun control views in past statements, a Daily Caller News Foundation review has found.<\/p>\n

Biden, who is set to be inaugurated on Jan. 20, has said he plans to end the sale of so-called \u201cassault weapons\u201d and \u201chigh-capacity magazines\u201d in addition to instituting red flag legislation and ending liability protections for gun manufacturers and sellers, according to his campaign website. The former vice president\u2019s gun control plan, coupled with his slew of cabinet picks that seem to share his views on the issue, has pro-Second Amendment groups on edge.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to be fighting for our rights continuously over the next four years no doubt about it,\u201d senior vice president of the Gun Owners of America Erich Pratt told the DCNF. \u201cAnd a lot of this is going to be in Congress and a lot of it in the courts because if and when Biden is inaugurated, he\u2019s going to try to do a lot from executive action.\u201d<\/p>\n

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra was tapped by Biden last week to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, according to the New York Times. The AG was quoted in 2019 court filing arguing that AR-15s are \u201cnot in common use for lawful purposes like self defense.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAssault rifles may be banned because they are, like the M-16, \u2018weapons that are most useful in military service\u2019\u2019; and \u2018they are also not \u2018in common use\u2019 for lawful purposes like self-defense,\u2019\u201d Becerra wrote in a court case titled Rupp v. Becerra, which challenged California\u2019s prohibition of certain semi-automatic long guns.<\/p>\n

Becerra also cited an opinion from the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence that \u201cassault weapons\u201d possess \u201cno legitimate civilian purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition to utilizing military features useful in combat, but which have no legitimate civilian purpose, assault weapons are exceedingly dangerous if used in self defense, because the bullets many of the weapons fire are designed to penetrate humans and will penetrate structures, and therefore pose a heightened risk of hitting innocent bystanders,\u201d the Brady Center wrote.<\/p>\n

Executive Director of Gun Owners of California Sam Paredes, who fought Becerra\u2019s policies firsthand, called the AG the \u201cmost anti-gun\u201d prosecutor his state has had in recent memory.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has been the absolute most anti-gun, anti-Second Amendment, anti-Constitutional AG that we\u2019ve had in a very long time,\u201d Paredes told the DCNF. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to compare him to anyone else, and I wouldn\u2019t characterize him as liberal, I\u2019d characterize him as radical.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Vivek Murty, who served in former President Barack Obama\u2019s administration, was reportedly nominated by Biden to take up the role of the country\u2019s Surgeon General on Dec. 7, according to CNN. Murty, an American physician, criticized the National Rifle Association (NRA) and likened gun control to a \u201chealth care issue,\u201d in a 2012 tweet.<\/p>\n

\u201cTired of politicians playing politics w\/ guns, putting lives at risk b\/c they\u2019re scared of NRA,\u201d Murty wrote. \u201cGuns are a health care issue. #debatehealth\u201d<\/p>\n

Everytown For Gun Safety, a prominent pro-gun control group, applauded the nomination of both Murty and Becerra by the incoming Biden administration. The group called the pair \u201cproven gun sense champions,\u201d in an early December press release.<\/p>\n

\u201cAttorney General Xavier Becerra and Dr. Vivek Murthy are both proven gun sense champions who will help lead the Biden administration\u2019s effort to treat gun violence like the public health emergency it is,\u201d Everytown for Gun Safety President John Feinblatt said in the release.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmerica is facing down two intertwined crises right now \u2014 Covid and gun violence \u2014 and Attorney General Becerra and Dr. Murthy understand that we need to tackle both at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former Obama-era security adviser Susan Rice was tapped for the top domestic policy role in Biden\u2019s administration, Politico reported last week. Rice appeared in a June interview with both Everytown For Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action to discuss firearms law and racial justice unrest that was prevalent at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Biden has] taken on the NRA twice and won,\u201d Rice said in the interview with Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts. \u201cWhen he served with President Obama in the Obama-Biden administration, we implemented over two dozen reforms that put curbs on access to guns, but we need legislation, we need leadership in Joe Biden that understands and is passionate about these issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rice advocated for laws including \u201cuniversal background checks, the enactment of a new violence against women act, with a permanent and comprehensive \u2018assault weapons\u2019 ban, and a ban on \u2018high capacity magazines\u2019 that will work to buy back those assault weapons that are out there and ensure that those that remain are fully registered,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Rice also went on to say it\u2019s \u201cunthinkable\u201d and \u201coutrageous\u201d that such reforms have not been passed to date.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s unthinkable to me that even though the vast majority of Americans favor common sense gun restrictions, universal background checks, bans on \u2018assault weapons\u2019, and we have a very powerful lobby that has effectively prevented so much of that from being enacted,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s absolutely outrageous. It makes me as angry as anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former South Bend Mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg was selected to head Biden\u2019s Department of Transportation, according to Tuesday CNN report. Buttigieg, who is said to be the first gay Senate-approved cabinet secretary, repeatedly called for a prohibition on \u201cassault weapons\u201d while on the campaign trail in 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need a nationwide licensing and registration system, but that\u2019s not nearly enough,\u201d he wrote in a tweet. \u201cWe must implement universal background checks, ban military-style \u2018assault weapons\u2019 and \u2018high-capacity magazines\u2019, and hold the gun industry accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former mayor echoed these statements in an interview with CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper in August of 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s start by banning new sales of these [\u2018assault] weapons\u2019, then we can figure out other mechanisms to reduce the number that are circulating out there,\u201d he told Tapper.<\/p>\n

Former Democratic Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm was reportedly tapped to Biden\u2019s energy secretary on Tuesday, according to the Wall Street Journal. Granholm lambasted politicians and called for sweeping changes to the nation\u2019s gun laws in 2012 following the Aurora, Colorado, movie theater shooting, Michigan Live reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time for a call to action, everybody, people,\u201d Granholm said on her TV show at the time, according to the local outlet. \u201cI\u2019m just sick of this garbage too. You should be as well. We can not stand idly by. We can sit and complain about what those darn politicians are doing, or say words, or we can do something.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, we can not wait for the politicians. Do not wait. You live in a state with an initiative process, you can organize, you can gather the signatures, you can use democracy to your advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Granholm applauded then Colorado governor Tom Mauser for calling for a federal \u201cassault weapons\u201d ban and a prohibition on \u201chigh-capacity\u201d magazines, Michigan Live reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Tom Mauser can do it, if Colorado can do it, so can you,\u201d she said, according to the local outlet.<\/p>\n

The former Michigan governor also argued that Americans should not have access to armor-piercing ammunition in a 2013 ABC appearance with former Republican Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum,\u201d according to Think Progress.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy do you need armor-piercing bullets, why do you need that?,\u201d Granholm asked Santorum.<\/p>\n

Santorum replied, \u201cBecause we\u2019re talking about a particular type of bullet that is and can be available \u2014\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDeer don\u2019t wear armor. Why do you need an armor piercing bullet?,\u201d Granholm interjected.<\/p>\n

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