Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Active Shooter Alert Act of 2022.” The legislation, introduced by U.S. Reps. David N. Cicilline (D-R.I.) and Fred Upton (R-Mich.), passed in a bipartisan vote of 260–169.
The law would create an AMBER Alert system for law enforcement that would alert the public to active shooters in their area.
U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) voted against the legislation and released a statement calling it “an anti-gun propaganda program designed to dramatize and inflate the reported number of ‘active shooter’ incidents in an effort to expand support for unconstitutional gun control measures.”
“Sensationalizing violence specifically involving guns while ignoring the crime epidemic intensifying on their watch is a blatant attempt by Democrats to promote their anti-Second Amendment agenda, not the safety of Americans,” Moore said. “There are many reasons for the violence and crime in our society, but none of them will be solved by duplicative layers of federal bureaucracy. Washington Democrats must commit to honoring our Constitution and restoring the rule of law before our nation can hope to tackle these issues.”
The congressman added, “This bill failed to pass the House on suspension last month and creates new and unnecessary authorities within the Department of Justice with the mandate to create new alert systems for active shooter scenarios. This new alert system that solely focuses on attacks with firearms versus all violent attacks is unnecessary and redundant due to existing state and local alert systems.”
Moore is a member of the Second Amendment Caucus and previously voted against the “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act,” the gun control legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden last month.
Yaffee is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” Weekdays 9-11am on WVNN. You can follow him on Twitter @Yaffee
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