The firearm import ban must be sent to the trash heap of tyranny

Let’s get one thing straight—neither George H. W. Bush nor his son George W. Bush were ever true allies of the Second Amendment. They weren’t defenders of liberty—they were political opportunists who kept their mouths shut just long enough to avoid pissing off Republican voters. Behind that phony pro-gun facade was the same cowardice and contempt for constitutional rights that we’ve come to expect from career politicians.

In 1989, Daddy Bush launched a full-on assault against American gun owners. With the stroke of a bureaucrat’s pen, his administration banned the importation of 43 models of semi-automatic rifles—including iconic, reliable firearms like the Chinese-made AK-47 and the Israeli-made Uzi carbine. Why? Because some pencil-pushing gun-grabber decided these firearms didn’t meet some laughable “sporting purpose” test—as if the Second Amendment was written to protect skeet shooting on the weekends.

And here’s the kicker—this wasn’t done through Congress. No debate. No vote. No representation. Just raw, unconstitutional executive overreach. Pure tyranny. And it’s been allowed to stand for decades.

The time is now for the Donald Trump administration to undo this unlawful attack on gun rights.