Second Amendment Advocates Sound Alarm Over HHS Pick

Second Amendment advocates say Joe Biden's pick to head Health and Human Services could use the position to endanger the rights of American gun owners.

The National Rifle Association and others are raising alarm that California attorney general Xavier Becerra (D.), Biden's HHS pick, could use the massive federal agency to curtail gun rights. Becerra has promoted and defended California's strict gun-control measures—including an AR-15 ban, ammunition magazine confiscation, a restrictive gun-carry permit law, and a one-of-a-kind ammunition background-check law.

"Xavier Becerra has made a career out of curtailing the rights of law-abiding gun owners in California and disregarding their constitutional rights," Amy Hunter, a spokeswoman for the NRA, told the Washington Free Beacon. "In a cabinet position, he’ll do the same for all of America."

Attorney General Becerra's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.