Hello again everyone. Welcome to Washington Gun Law tv. I am Washington Gun Law President William Kirk. Thanks for joining us. Where am I coming to you from? Come on. This is Security Gun Club, Washington's premier indoor shooting facility located right here in Woodinville. Washington was literally sitting down recording a video about Pam Bondi and was going to be asking several questions about, Hey, where's all the executive action when it comes to the Second Amendment? When gun law Junior sends me a text and says, Hey dad, you might want to think about doing a video on this. Why is that? Well, lo and behold, we have executive action. That's right. We have an executive order as it relates to your Second Amendment rights. We're going to go through it with the line by line and kind of analyze what we're dealing with here. I think it's good news. If you think that suddenly you're going to solve all of the problems overnight, it's not going to do that, but it is a good start. So today, let's spend a couple of minutes and let's get updated on finally some executive action on gun rights.
Okay. Dateline of February 7th. It is 4:00 PM out here on the West Coast. I don't know when I'm actually going to get this video out to you. I still have a class to teach tonight here at Security Gun Club. However, like I mentioned, gun Law Jr. Sent this over, and lo and behold, what do we have here? Yes, we finally have an executive order as it relates to our Second Amendment rights. This is a directive to the Attorney General. The directive has some timelines and some very specific requirements. Let's just get right to it. The executive order reads by the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America. It is hereby ordered Section one purpose. The Second Amendment is an indispensable safeguard of security and liberty. It has preserved the right of the American people to protect ourselves, our families, and our freedoms since the founding of our great nation, because it is foundational to maintaining all other rights held by Americans.
The right to keep and bear arms must not be infringed. Good start so far. Section two, plan of action. Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Attorney General shall examine all orders, regulations, guidance plans, international agreements, and other actions of executive departments and agencies to assess any ongoing infringements of the Second Amendment rights of our citizens, and present a proposed plan of action to the President through the domestic policy advisor to protect the Second Amendment rights of all Americans. Now, this is huge, right? This is where the rubber's going to meet the road here, right? Because this is essentially directing the Attorney General, Hey, I want an autopsy. I want an autopsy on everything every agency has done to this, which of course means predominantly the A TF and some of their rulemaking orders. The order further states B, in developing such proposed plan of action, the attorney general shall review at a minimum one, all presidential and agency's actions from January 21 through January 25, that purport to promote safety, but may have impinged on the Second Amendment, rights of law abiding citizens, and there will be plenty.
What else? Two rules promulgated by the Department of Justice, including by the Bureau of Alcohol, tobacco, firearms and Explosives from January 21 through January 25, pertaining to firearms and or federal firearm licensees. Three agency's plans, orders, and actions regarding the so-called enhanced regulatory enforcement policy pertaining to firearms and or federal firearm licensees. Huge, huge thing right there. This is the zero tolerance policy that the Biden administration used to run hundreds and hundreds of FFLs out of business. The order further states for reports and related documents issued by the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention. Five, the positions taken by the United States in any and all ongoing and potential litigation that affects or could affect the ability of Americans to exercise their Second Amendment rights. That one is really big because as you know, and we've already talked about a bunch of cases like, well, normally the United States government would appeal this, but what are they going to do now that we have a New Department of Justice?
This opens up all of Pandora's Box on that. Now, the most interesting one, of course, is going to be the matter of Vander stock, the Garland, the unfinished frames and receivers, which is already gone through oral argument before the United States Supreme Court. That will probably we'll discuss on a separate video. What else does the order here demand? Six agencies, classifications of firearms and ammunition, and seven, the processing of applications to make manufacturer transfer or export firearms? How does the president intend on implementing this plan? Well, section three of the order reads implementation upon submission of the proposed plan of action described in section two of this order, the Attorney General shall work with the domestic policy advisor to finalize the plan of action and establish a process for implementation. Then of course, there are some limitations. Those come in Section four of the order, which read nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect.
One, the authority granted by law to an executive department agency or the head thereof, or two, the functions of the director of the Office of management and Budget relating to budgetary administrative or legislative proposals. B, this order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations. C. This order is not intended to and does not create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural enforceable at law or inequity by any party against the United States. Its department agencies or entities. Its officers, employees, or agents or any other person. Okay? The big thing to take from this total autopsy on everything the Department of Justice and the TF has done to all of you, the lawful and responsible gun owning American nationwide, a complete review of all of their rulemaking orders, and this is huge. A complete review on all pending litigation. So just think about how many cases right now dealing with, how many huge issues where the United States Department of Justice is party to that suit.
This is, at the current time, a big nothing burger because it doesn't solve anything right now, but the potential here, oh, the potential here is huge, and for those of you who have had trepidation about Attorney General Bond, and I recognize where that's coming from, this will certainly be an opportunity to prove herself once and for all as to whether or not she truly is the Second Amendment champion that she and this administration claim she is. Okay, big day, at least it's a good start. It's better than nothing. It's certainly better than anything we got the last four years. It is the executive order. We will link it up down below so that you can geek out on it for yourself. If you got any questions about this or anything else related to what's left of our Second Amendment rights, you guys should know how to get ahold of Washington Gun Law by now.
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Credit: William Kirk, Esq., Washington Gun Law