The Republican Study Committee (RSC) responded to President Joe Biden’s executive actions against “ghost guns” by contending that “the right to make weapons is the right to be free.”
On April 8, 2021, Breitbart News reported that Biden issued executive actions to fight what he called “an epidemic” of gun crime across the country. Those actions centered on gun controls for firearms which the Democrats call “ghost guns,” AR-pistols with stabilizer braces, and red flag laws, among other things.
Biden also used the press conference to nominate Gabby Giffords’ gun control affiliate David Chipman to head the ATF.
In an email received by Breitbart News, RSC Chairman Jim Banks countered Biden’s calls for new regulations on guns made from kits by saying, “Homemade firearms, or ‘ghost guns,’ are a long-standing tradition in America. Our country was founded by free men with handcrafted firearms. The right to make weapons is the right to be free.”