“Pledged to oppose gun-control efforts he attributes to the political left and to fight to preserve Second Amendment rights while working to keep guns from criminals and the mentally ill.”
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Both cited sources are reachable and both quotes are verbatim-accurate. Wikipedia confirms Justice signed HB 2694, the "Second Amendment Preservation and Anti-Federal Commandeering Act" (April 27, 2021), which bars state/local enforcement of federal gun control and blocks preemptive seizures against "law-abiding persons" — fulfilling the pledge to oppose gun-control efforts he attributes to the political left. PBS/AP confirms he signed the 2023 campus-carry bill saying "Proud day for me," adding law-abiding people "have a right to be able to carry" — fulfilling the pledge to preserve Second Amendment rights. Wikipedia also documents the 2018 NRA-backed vehicle-carry law. FULL (not CHAMPIONED) is correct: as governor he signed rather than authored these bills. The third promise strand ("working to keep guns from criminals and the mentally ill") is not affirmatively documented — it is only passively preserved through the "law-abiding persons" limitations both sources record and the campus-carry law's allowance for firearm restrictions in mental-health counseling areas — so confidence is set below the original 0.85. No contrary action found across his 2017-2025 governorship.
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