GOP Rep. Barry Moore Wants AR-15 as 'National Gun of America'

A customer looks at a custom-made AR-15-style rifle at Davidson Defense in Orem, Utah, on February 4, 2021. On Tuesday, Alabama Representative Barry Moore announced a bill that would make the AR-15 the “National Gun of America.”
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Alabama Representative Barry Moore, a staunch gun-rights supporter, is proposing that the AR-15 rifle should be the “National Gun of America.”

“The Second Amendment is as American a right as freedom of speech, religion, & the press,” Moore wrote on Twitter Tuesday evening. “Today I unveiled my bill to make the AR-15 the National Gun of America. We must send a message that we will meet every attack on any of our constitutional rights.”

Along with the tweet, Moore shared photos of himself speaking with a gun shop clerk. AL.com reported that the store is in Troy, Alabama.

Congressional records indicate that the bill was first introduced by Moore on Friday, but the House has not received the full text.

If Moore’s proposal were to make it through both the […]