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Lt. Col. Allen West, Executive Director of the American Constitutional Rights Union and a former Congressman, said the Second Amendment is North Carolinians' “protection" from “tyrants.” Col. West’s comments come amid reports of Vice President Kamala Harris’ history of being in favor of restrictions to Second Amendment rights including mandatory buybacks and bans on certain firearms including AR-15s and handguns. 

"An armed individual is a citizen, a disarmed individual is a subject. The history of dictators, tyrants, and despots is that they prefer subjects," West said. "The American Second Amendment is our protection from the goals, objectives, and desires of tyrants."

Vice President Harris has a history of supporting restrictions on firearms and the second amendment, according to a recent report from the Center Square. As San Francisco District Attorney, Harris led a group of prosecutors in urging the Supreme Court to uphold Washington DC's total handgun ban, which was found unconstitutional. Harris, as Vice President, spoke favorably of Australia's gun restrictions which do not consider self-defense as a "genuine reason" for gun ownership. 

According to Bloomberg, as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President. Harris told a group of Democratic primary voters in New Hampshire that she supports a mandatory buyback program for certain firearms she dubbed “assault weapons.” Bloomberg described her stance as “a more aggressive position than her main rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination,” which included President Joe Biden.

According to a report from Old North News, there are currently an estimated 370,000 gun owners in North Carolina that aren't registered to vote in the upcoming Presidential election between Vice President Harris and Former President Trump. The report noted that gun owners are more likely to be Republicans, and could be a key voting bloc in the upcoming election.

There are currently 7,567,009 registered voters in North Carolina. In 2020 the presidential election in NC was decided by 74,483 votes, according to the NC Board of Elections. NC residents wanting to register can do so now through October 31th online through Secure Vote NC.

Lt. Col. Allen West serves as the Executive Director of the American Constitutional Rights Union (ACRU). West served in the military for 22 years and subsequently served in the US Congress and as the chairman of the Republican Party of Texas. The ACRU was founded in 1999 to protect Americans’ Constitutional rights.