{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://barrymoore.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-barry-moore-unconstitutional-gun-ban-anyone-willing-steal-one-your-rights", "Rep. Barry Moore on unconstitutional gun ban: \u2018Anyone willing to steal one of your rights would take away all of them\u2019", "2022-08-01", "2022", "2022-08", "Republican", "House", "AL", "Barry Moore", "M001212", "barrymoore.house.gov", "barrymoore", "https://barrymoore.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Rep. Barry Moore (AL-02) released the following statement after voting against the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022, a bill in direct violation of the U.S. Constitution that will ban some of the most popular firearms and magazines owned by law-abiding Americans.\n\n\u201cThis unconstitutional mandate won\u2019t make Americans any safer and will instead result in the disarming of thousands of lawful gun owners who simply want to protect their families and exercise their constitutional rights,\u201d said Moore. \u201cInstead of performing their most fundamental duty to protect your Constitutional rights, Democrats are hellbent on taking them away. This direct assault on the Second Amendment will capture millions of sporting rifles, shotguns, and pistols simply because they have certain mechanical features that even the authors of the bill have demonstrated they don\u2019t understand. This bill even bans pistol braces used by disabled Americans, including many veterans, to sport shoot and hunt.\n\n\u201cAnyone willing to steal one of your rights would take away all of them. If Democrats cared about keeping Americans safe and not increasing their own power and using the House floor to campaign, they would engage in real bipartisan conversation and pursue solutions where common ground exists. I am committed to doing all I can to force Congress to seek productive and constitutional measures that keep Americans safe, and I plan to introduce legislation next month that will increase safety in schools while protecting Constitutional rights. This issue is too important for freedom-loving Americans to remain on the sidelines, and I will continue doing all I can to fight those seeking to seize power from the people and give it to the government.\u201d\n\nH.R. 1808, The Assault Weapons Ban of 2022:\n\nThe Supreme Court has stated that it is unconstitutional to restrict Americans access to firearms that are in \u201ccommon use.\u201d The firearms banned under this bill, including the more than 24 million modern sporting rifles sold in the U.S., are among the most common and popular firearms owned by Americans. This bill also goes far beyond a so called \u201cassault weapons ban\u201d and would make illegal numerous shotguns used by hunters and sportsmen.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:59:24Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://barrymoore.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-barry-moore-unconstitutional-gun-ban-anyone-willing-steal-one-your-rights"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9379170369356871, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}