White House accuses Comer of complying with gun lobby

The White House accused House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) of doing the gun lobby’s bidding, rejecting the Republican’s allegations that the White House was colluding with gun prevention groups. armed violence in legal matters.

In a letter first obtained by the Hill, the White House on Monday called on Comer and the Republican Party to work with them to prevent gun violence.

The letter, from Deputy Counsel to the President Rachel Cotton, was a response to Comer’s letter to the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention on July 14. It said her committee is investigating collaboration between the Biden administration and anti-gun groups who are plaintiffs in pending litigation.

The White House, in response, listed Biden’s work on preventing gun violence and cited data that violent crimes have declined under this administration. He also suggested that Comer “should open a real investigation into a real danger to our communities: the proliferation of illegal devices that convert handguns into machine guns in a matter of seconds.”

“The President made it clear that the Administration cannot fight this crisis alone. Congress has an important role to play in reducing gun violence. The president called on Congress to ban assault weapons, bump stocks and high-capacity magazines; establish universal background checks; require the safe storage of firearms; and revoke the liability immunity of gun manufacturers. Such actions would save lives and help keep American communities safe,” Cotton wrote to Comer.

She added: “The House majority should be working with the president on these real solutions rather than doing the gun lobby’s bidding by launching a baseless political attack on the Biden administration under the guise of an ‘investigation.’”

Comer’s investigation references a lawsuit filed by the city of Chicago and Everytown Law, a gun violence prevention group, alleging that Glock Inc. sold guns that can be converted into automatic weapons, Newsweek report at the time.

Comer said the White House met with Glock to ask the company to make it more difficult to install parts that could turn a gun into an automatic weapon. He asked the White House for communication and information on the matter, including interactions with Everytown Law.

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