Rep. Andrew Clyde's Big Idea: Restore Second Amendment and eliminate all taxes on firearms

Georgia GOP Rep. Andrew Clyde brings to Congress a deep understanding of federal firearms laws, as a licensed gun store owner for the last 30 years. 

Clyde's real-world experience has convinced him federal government regulations have gone way too far by infringing on the Second Amendment. The Navy combat veteran now wants to lead the charge in Congress on restoring gun rights and rolling back century-old laws that tax firearms. "I'm very passionate about the Second Amendment, not just defending it, but restoring it because we've lost a lot of ground," Clyde told Fox News.  While House Democrats on Thursday passed an expansion of gun background check provisions, Clyde takes the opposite approach. He campaigned in 2020 on the "complete elimination" of the background checks established by the 1993 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act and wants to start a "conversation" in Congress on revising the system with a greater onus on the government to prove a person is legally prohibited from having a gun -- and not the other way around.