The gun confiscation lobby is done playing defense.
After years of trying to sneak pieces of their agenda through Congress one bill at a time, anti-gun Democrats are now pushing a coordinated package of federal legislation that would dramatically expand federal gun control, nationalize “Red Flag” gun confiscation laws, and strip gun owners of their rights without due process.
And unless gun owners wake up and fight back in Texas this year, these bills could have a clearer path to becoming law next year.
At the center of the push are three major federal bills now moving in Congress: S. 4339, H.R. 7599, and S. 889.
Together, they represent one of the most aggressive gun control pushes in recent memory — and they’re already gaining hundreds of co-sponsors.
Federal Gun Confiscation Without Criminal Convictions
H.R. 7599 — the “Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act,” would create a nationwide federal “Red Flag” gun confiscation system allowing courts to order the seizure of firearms from Americans who have never been convicted of a crime.
Under the bill:
Firearms could be confiscated through emergency ex parte hearings conducted without the gun owner present;
- Gun owners could lose not only firearms, but ammunition and carry permits;
- Orders could be initiated by family members or law enforcement;
- Federal courts could issue firearm prohibitions based on allegations of dangerousness rather than criminal convictions.
S. 889 takes the scheme even further by creating a federal infrastructure to pressure states into expanding Red Flag laws nationwide, tying those orders directly into the federal NICS background check system and forcing states to recognize firearm confiscation orders issued elsewhere.
And S. 4339 — a massive omnibus gun control package filed in the Senate modeled after the package that passed in Virginia — piles on even more restrictions, including expanding the federal gun registry, a semi-auto ban under the guise of an “assault weapon” ban, ghost gun crackdowns, federal storage mandates — in addition to national Red Flag provisions.
Taken together, the message from Washington Democrats is unmistakable:
They are not interested in stopping crime, they are interested in disarming the American people.
Texas Gun Owners Are Not Immune
Many Texas gun owners wrongly assume these kinds of laws could never affect them — especially because Texas has banned statewide Red Flag legislation, thanks to the pressure from Texas Gun Rights members and supporters.
That assumption is dead wrong.
TXGR warns that federal legislation would bypass many other state protections entirely — and anti-gun activists are counting on weak Republican turnout and political complacency to make establishment Republicans cave under pressure once again.
“We’ve seen this movie before,” McNutt said. “When gun owners stay home, weak Republicans panic, wave the white flag, and start negotiating rights away while Democrats keep pushing harder. That’s exactly why these elections matter.”
The May 26 Runoff
Texas Gun Rights says the fight starts in the May 26 runoff election — and continues into November’s midterm elections.
The organization argues that turning out pro-gun voters now is critical to building the kind of political momentum necessary to stop federal gun control before it becomes reality.
That’s why Texas Gun Rights PAC has endorsed:
- Ken Paxton for U.S. Senate
- Chip Roy for Attorney General
- Bo French for Railroad Commissioner
- Thomas Smith for Criminal Court of Appeals
According to TXGR, these candidates are best positioned to energize and mobilize pro-gun voters heading into November and help defeat the national gun ban agenda before it gains more ground in Washington.
“Gun owners cannot afford to sit out these elections thinking Texas is automatically safe,” said Chris McNutt, President of Texas Gun Rights. “The federal gun confiscation agenda is accelerating, and if anti-gun politicians regain power next year, these bills are ready to go. And as Texas goes, so goes the nation.”
Texas Gun Rights says the answer is simple: organize, vote, and fight back now — before these bills ever reach a president’s desk.
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