White House Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump is Protecting Americans' Second Amendment Rights

STOPPING FEDERAL INFRINGEMENT ON CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to end the federal government's violation of Americans' fundamental Second Amendment right to protect themselves, their families, and their freedoms.

• This Executive Order will halt existing policies designed to curtail the clear right of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms.

• The order directs the incoming Attorney General to immediately complete a specific review of all orders, regulations, guidance, plans, and other actions by the Biden Administration regarding firearms—listing several specific documents to be reviewed—and deliver a plan of action to the President to eliminate all infringements on Americans' Second Amendment rights. 

ENDING THE ATTACKS ON LAW-ABIDING GUN OWNERS AND GUN BUSINESSES: The Biden Administration has flagrantly sought to eliminate Second Amendment rights. Among other infringements, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) was weaponized to end the livelihoods of law-abiding small business owners in an effort to limit Americans' ability to acquire firearms:

• The so-called "zero tolerance" or "enhanced regulatory enforcement policy" put in place under the previous administration led to a nearly six-fold increase in enforcement actions against Federal Firearms Licensees (FFL's), many of whom are mom-and-pop shop small businesses who made innocent paperwork errors.

• Firearms manufacturers have been de-banked or denied services simply because they make guns—which allow Americans to exercise a constitutional right.

DEFENDING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS: President Trump is standing up for our constitutional Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, building on progress made during his first term:

• President Trump removed the United States from the United Nations (UN) misguided Arms Trade Treaty to protect Americans from the threat of global regulations of conventional firearms.

• President Trump's Department of Justice narrowed the definition of "fugitive from justice" to more specific guidelines when determining who is prohibited from buying a gun.

During the pandemic, President Trump designated the firearms industry "essential" in order to protect gun stores, shooting ranges, and ammunition dealers from being shut down.