
GOP Rep. Newhouse introduces bill to designate firearms industry workers as 'essential'
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Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., introduced a bill designating workers in the firearms industry as "essential" in a move aiming to bolster the Second Amendment. The “Second Amendment is Essential Act" would classify the gun industry as "a critical infrastructure sector" and the industry’s employees as critical workers.
Newhouse took aim at Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, and other governors around the country for not designating federal firearms licensees as essential workers, accusing them of infringing on Americans’ Second Amendment rights and "recklessly" tying the hands of police. "It is always unconstitutional for government to restrict the rights of law-abiding gun owners, but to do so in the midst of a crisis is especially unconscionable," Newhouse said in a statement.More Related News