Alabama Representative Barry Moore, a staunch gun-rights supporter, is proposing that the AR-15 rifle should be the “National Gun of America.”
“The #SecondAmendment is as American a right as freedom of speech, religion, & the press,” Moore wrote on Twitter Tuesday evening. “Today I unveiled my bill to make the AR-15 the National Gun of America. We must send a message that we will meet every attack on any of our constitutional rights.”
Along with the tweet, Moore shared photos of himself speaking with a gun shop clerk. AL.com reported that the store is in Troy, Alabama.
Congressional records indicate that the bill was first introduced by Moore on Friday, but the House has not received the full text.
If Moore’s proposal were to make it through both the GOP-controlled House and the Democratic-controlled Senate, the AR-15 would take its place beside some of the nation’s most coveted symbols, such as the U.S. flag that was approved by Congress in 1777.
The AR-15, a popular semi-automatic rifle, is often used by “hunters, competitors, millions of Americans seeking home defense guns and many others who simply enjoy going to the range,” according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF).
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