GOP, Second Amendment Backers Say White House, DOJ Illegally Using Law to Restrict Gun Rights

President Joe Biden speaks during an event to celebrate the passage of the "Bipartisan Safer Communities Act," a law meant to restrict gun rights, on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington on July 11, 2022. Evan Vucci/AP Photo

Republicans and gun rights supporters are crying foul over what they say is collusion between the Biden administration and the Department of Justice, in an alleged illegal effort to bribe states into restricting Second Amendment rights.

Seven GOP senators and 26 House members voiced their concern in a letter on July 17 that was sent to Assistant Attorney General Amy Solomon and DOJ Director Karhlton Moore.