President Trump’s Second Amendment Accomplishments Second Term

AmmoLand ^ | April 25, 2026 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

Some Second Amendment supporters claim that President Trump has not done anything to support Second Amendment rights. They say: The ATF still exists! The National Firearms Act of 1934 has not been repealed! The Gun Control Act of 1968 has not been repealed!

Those actions are not within the ability of the President of the United States to accomplish by executive action, at least not in a constitutional republic. A very slim majority of Republicans exists in the House. Fewer than the 60 votes needed to overcome the filibuster exist in the Senate. This means statutory change is very difficult to accomplish. A few Republican members of the House and the Senate are not reliable supporters of the Second Amendment. Such numbers are all it takes to make legislative passage extremely difficult.

In the face of such difficulties, President Trump has accomplished significant positive change in his second term. Supporters can make a strong case that Trump’s second-term record is the most aggressively pro-Second Amendment record of any modern administration.

It is not surprising that the Republic did not see any significant challenge to rights protected by the Second Amendment until a generation after the ratification of the Bill of Rights.  A couple of laws restricting concealed carry were passed in 1813. The Kentucky law was struck down as unconstitutional by the state supreme court, leaving the Louisiana law as an outlier for another decade. After the Founding generation had passed away, the infringements on the Second Amendment started being passed.

Here are some of the actions the Trump Administration has taken to restore Second Amendment rights in the United States. Two are statutory. The rest have been done with administrative authority:

[marktwain]

President Trump has done much. He needs a loyal congress to get statutes passed.

[PROCON]

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[mrmeyer]

Every executive order and every action that was not legislatively accomplished will be reverted like it had been after his first Administration

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[PGalt]

YES

[sushiman]

What happened to transparency ( e.g. Epstein ) ? No new wars ? Mass deportations ? Lower food prices ? Etc...

[sauropod]

Yes.

[The Sentient Sheep]

Want to make the liberals heads explode Nationwide? Ram through universal concealed carry reciprocity Nationwide. If you have a concealed carry license in one state, it’s good in all 50 states. Period. Just a reminder all you law abiding citizens, criminals Nationwide concealed carry and they don’t get “permits “nor do they fill out that cute federal form asking if you’re a criminal when getting a firearm.

[Antihero101607]

The very thing I came to say. You have one legislative “victory” when they nuked the $200 tax on NFA items, but that was bundled into the big beautiful bill. You’re also still on a registry when you buy your NFA item.

[Big Red Badger]

The Registry going away Would be
A Game Changer.
.
We shall see...

[marktwain]

Every executive order and every action that was not legislatively accomplished will be reverted like it had been after his first Administration

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President Trumps most lasting legacy, so far, are his judicial appointments.