{"id":2683,"date":"2024-08-09T07:14:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T07:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=2683"},"modified":"2024-08-09T07:14:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T07:14:48","slug":"gov-walz-is-f-rated-with-goa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=2683","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Walz Is \u201cF\u201d Rated With GOA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Tim Walz built his career feigning support for the Second Amendment and fundraising as a \u201cpro-gun\u201d Democrat who backstabbed gun owners nearly every chance he got. Gun Owners of America first rated Tim Walz as a \u201cD.\u201d Later, we downgraded him to an F after a litany of anti-gun votes. So why did he earn such poor marks from the <em>only <\/em>No Compromise gun lobby in Washington D.C.?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Representative Tim Walz\u2019s Voting Record<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tim Walz was first elected to Congress in 2006 and in his tenure up till 2018, he voted against gun owners consistently. In Congress, Tim Walz:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"> Voted to create a national registry of concealed carry permit holders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/274c.png\" alt=\"\u274c\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> Voted against the First and Second Amendments by attempting to force GOA to disclose our membership list (as a registry) to create a gun owner registry for the Federal Election Commission;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/274c.png\" alt=\"\u274c\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> Voted to expose gun owners\u2019 personal medical history, leading to bans and confiscation;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/274c.png\" alt=\"\u274c\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> Voted to restrict the ability of Gun Owners and Hunters to use the Washington Rochambeau National Historic Trail area to create a 600 mile gun-free zone for sportsmen and hikers; and<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/274c.png\" alt=\"\u274c\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> Voted to ban carrying firearms for self-defense in national parks.<\/p>\n<p>These votes caused Gun Owners of America to rightfully downgrade Walz from a \u201cD\u201d to an \u201cF.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>What Gun Control Does Governor Tim Walz Support? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During his career as a congressman, Tim Walz feigned support for the Second Amendment, even though his record showed otherwise. But since becoming Governor of Minnesota, he has completely come out of the closet to reveal his true colors. Hiding behind his hunter and veteran \u201cstatus\u201d he proclaimed support for:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/1f44e.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc4e\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/>Backdoor gun registration checks (by weaponizing background checks);<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/1f44e.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc4e\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/>Gun confiscation laws (with fake due process);<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/1f44e.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc4e\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/>A \u201cno-fly, no-buy\u201d gun ban (with no due process);<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/1f44e.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc4e\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/>Eliminating concealed carry permit reciprocity between states (to infringe on self-defenders);<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/1f44e.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc4e\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/>A backdoor semiautomatic firearms ban (with a fake \u201cbump stock ban);<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/1f44e.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc4e\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/>Banning commonly owned self-defense firearms (with a so-called \u201cassault weapons\u201d ban)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/1f44e.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc4e\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/>Mandatory storage requirements (with criminal penalties for access to self-defense firearms);<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/1f44e.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc4e\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/>Banning firearms on government lands (despite them being open to the public);<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, being a hunter or a veteran does not automatically make a politician pro-Second Amendment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Governor Tim Walz Is Responsible for These Infringements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Governor Walz didn\u2019t just propose gun control, he actively infringed on the Second Amendment. As governor, Tim Walz:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/274c.png\" alt=\"\u274c\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> Created backdoor registration checks by signing Universal Background Checks;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/274c.png\" alt=\"\u274c\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> Weaponized gun confiscation laws with no due process against <em>at least <\/em>71 American citizens; and<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/274c.png\" alt=\"\u274c\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> Banned lawful semiautomatic firearms with ATF-approved binary triggers;<\/p>\n<p>These gun controls would never have infringed the rights of Minnesotans if Governor Walz had honored his oath to the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunowners.org\/gov-walz-is-f-rated-with-goa\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Walz built his career feigning support for the Second Amendment and fundraising as a \u201cpro-gun\u201d Democrat who backstabbed gun owners nearly every chance he got. Gun Owners of America first rated Tim Walz as a \u201cD.\u201d Later, we downgraded him to an F after a litany of anti-gun votes. So why did he earn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2683","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2a-rights"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}