Enzi, Barrasso join fight to protect Second Amendment rights of social security beneficiaries

U.S. Senators Mike Enzi and John Barrasso, both R-WY., joined Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) in protecting the Second Amendment rights of Social Security beneficiaries.

The senators introduced a resolution of disapproval via the Congressional Review Act to repeal a Social Security regulation that unfairly places many Americans with disabilities in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), commonly known as the “gun ban list.”

Under a rule issued on Dec. 19, 2016, the Obama administration’s Social Security Administration (SSA) allows the agency to report beneficiaries to NICS...