WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Jim Risch issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) introduced the Gun-Owner Registration Information Protection (GRIP) Act to prohibit states from using federal funding or background check data to maintain gun registries.
"Idaho's law-abiding gun owners should not be subject to illegal firearms registries," said Risch. "The GRIP Act closes the loophole exploited by state and local governments to ensure federal dollars are not used to keep illegal gun registries that undermine Idahoans' Second Amendment rights."
"The Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens remain imperiled as Democrats and anti-gun activists lean into government overreach. The ...