NHL, NBA, MLB, Other Pro Leagues, Push to Secure Gun Control Major Sports Leagues Are Pushing for Gun Control
Jose Nino
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The National Hockey League (NHL), National Basketball Association (NBA), Major League Baseball (MLB), and several other professional sports leagues are calling on Congress to pass additional gun control through the reauthorization of the Undetectable Firearms Act.
On February 10, 2024, Gun Owners of America (GOA) published an X post to criticize the NFL, NHL, MLB, MLS, NBA, and NASCAR, for sending this anti-Second Amendment letter to Congress. GOA also highlighted that the NCAA signed on to the letter as well.
Back on February 8, 2024, GOA posted a column at ZeroHedge calling attention to how the letter was addressed to elected officials such as New York Senator Chuck Schumer, Kentucky Senator Mitch McConell, Speaker Johnson, and New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries.
The professional sports leagues argued in the letter that the renewal of the Undetectable Firearms Act is an integral plank toward fostering an environment of security at sporting functions.
The letter stated, “[We] urge you to reauthorize this critical law so that our organizations can continue to keep our fans safe.”
On February 1, 2024, 74 members of the US House sent Speaker Johnson a letter calling on him to throw out any permanent reauthorization of the Undetectable Firearms Act.
The letter said in the opening:
As we head into the 2024 election year, the Republican conference will have numerous opportunities to prove to the American people why our party should be entrusted with continued control of the House of Representatives. One of our first opportunities to demonstrate a Republican Commitment to America will be to emphatically reject any permanent reauthorization or expansion of the Undetectable Firearms Act.
The letter to Johnson prolonged calling attention to how the continued existence of the Undetectable Firearms Act allows for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to give new definitions to words and phrases, thereby broadening the number of firearms that the Undetectable Firearms Act regulates.
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