{"id":212977,"date":"2025-02-11T11:40:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T17:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=212977"},"modified":"2026-01-21T05:18:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T11:18:58","slug":"suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Larry Keane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gun owners are getting exactly what they voted for with President Donald Trump. There\u2019s an accounting for government malfeasance. He\u2019s turned up the receipts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Trump is delivering on his promise to break open the secretive spending habits of government officials. It is exactly what voters wanted, and frankly, expected. The results, however, have been jaw-dropping. Gun control proponents have been smashing open the government piggy bank to swipe dollars for their pet gun control projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DLoesch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\" title=\"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control\">@DLoesch<\/a> Florida Legislature Corruption and the ties to USAID: <br \/><br \/>USAID funded Michael Bloomberg gun control PAC which pushed gun control legislation by paying off Florida Republican legislators. <br \/><br \/>One of the diagrams of USAID money trails released yesterday showed \u201cEvery Town for\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D1DTsC670Y\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\" title=\"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control\">pic.twitter.com\/D1DTsC670Y<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mollie Ewing \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\udc0a (@PointyArrow1776) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PointyArrow1776\/status\/1887845916448600074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\" title=\"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control\">February 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s right. Gun control advocates were using taxpayer dollars to fund their campaign to rob Americans of their Constitutionally-protected rights to keep and bear arms. That\u2019s insult to injury after the Biden-Harris administration installed a taxpayer-funded office dedicated to pushing gun control. It was staffed by a former lobbyist for <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/what-everytown-taught-me-about-gun-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\" title=\"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"2734\">Everytown for Gun Safety<\/a>, the gun control group funded by antigun billionaire Michael Bloomberg. This office effectively closed up in the days leading up to President Trump taking office as the staff all resigned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turns out, the billions of Bloomberg bucks, or money from George and Alexander Soros, weren\u2019t enough for gun control advocates. They wanted the effort to cut off Second Amendment rights to come straight from Americans\u2019 wallets \u2013 including those tax dollars paid by gun owners themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee Williams uncovered it, in a post to\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shootingnewsweekly.com\/gun-control\/exposed-taxpayer-dollars-laundered-through-ngos-to-everytown-other-anti-gun-operations\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\" title=\"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control\"><em>Shooting News Weekly<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, of what many have suspected for years. Except it was covered up in layers of bureaucracy, farmed out as \u201cgrants\u201d through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). That\u2019s the federal agency that\u2019s drawn the first and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/elon-musk-doge-allies-shut-down-usaid\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\" title=\"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control\">damning examination<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0by Elon Musk\u2019s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-receipts\">The Receipts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams\u2019 deep dive into USAID money showed that Bloomberg\u2019s Everytown for Gun Safety, along with Giffords Courage to <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/illinois-gov-pat-quinn-wants-ban-fight-gun-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\" title=\"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"2735\">Fight Gun Violence<\/a>, were primary beneficiaries of tax dollars to fund their gun control efforts. That money was funneled through&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/e852ad13-a141-4a0f-8da2-bb121eb4782f?j=eyJ1IjoiY2VhcDQifQ.IEv6Jj5IHLZD0RhW-xOjfVbKkJDlkaAyCGjn_OOqGOg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\" title=\"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control\">NEO Philanthropy<\/a><\/strong>, which also funneled money to support Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The flow chart of money laundering is a labyrinth of middlemen, which reports that no tax dollars are spent. But that\u2019s not true. A little digging shows that nearly $7.5 million were funneled to Bloomberg\u2019s Everytown, mostly through donations paid to NEO Philanthropy, including $245,000 from the Board of Trustees of the Lelan, $150,000 from the Tides Center (a George Soros organization), $12,000 from Civicus World Alliance, $300,000 from the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and a whopping $6,748,000 from Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/beretta-1301-tactical-mod-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\" title=\"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control\">Beretta 1301 Tactical Mod. 2 Review<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The maze of money shuffling is being mapped out by&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/6fb334a5-f2f0-45d9-bbef-5cf360126b68?j=eyJ1IjoiY2VhcDQifQ.IEv6Jj5IHLZD0RhW-xOjfVbKkJDlkaAyCGjn_OOqGOg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\" title=\"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control\">DataRepublican.com<\/a><\/strong>. That site offers tools to track how tax dollars moved to gun control groups. That includes the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, which took in&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/74e3d05a-3c21-43cb-a8a2-d25a1593b836?j=eyJ1IjoiY2VhcDQifQ.IEv6Jj5IHLZD0RhW-xOjfVbKkJDlkaAyCGjn_OOqGOg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\" title=\"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control\">$12,809,748 in contributions<\/a><\/strong>, which started with the Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening reporting $186,143739 in taxpayer funds that was moved through many as five layers of \u201ccharities\u201d to fund their efforts. Bloomberg\u2019s March for Our Lives, showed&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/4c419bc4-04c4-43fd-b218-309272550606?j=eyJ1IjoiY2VhcDQifQ.IEv6Jj5IHLZD0RhW-xOjfVbKkJDlkaAyCGjn_OOqGOg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\" title=\"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control\">$1,407,153 in donations<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;that started with $165,142,739 in taxpayer funds. Sandy Hook Promise, a Connecticut-based gun control group, reported&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/e2043b5d-6428-4001-bb3d-80ee9f66ae1e?j=eyJ1IjoiY2VhcDQifQ.IEv6Jj5IHLZD0RhW-xOjfVbKkJDlkaAyCGjn_OOqGOg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\" title=\"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control\">$1,417 049 us taxpayer funds in their coffers<\/a><\/strong>, according to DataRepublican.com. Everytown\u2019s mapping shows&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/d2ebffcc-b934-4f15-8f3f-205bc82b307d?j=eyJ1IjoiY2VhcDQifQ.IEv6Jj5IHLZD0RhW-xOjfVbKkJDlkaAyCGjn_OOqGOg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\" title=\"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control\"><strong>$31,802,725 in contributions<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;with $4,963,214 in grants. DataRepublican.com shows Giffords with&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/5dcdb5b4-72c9-4847-a07c-fe0eed5e5b08?j=eyJ1IjoiY2VhcDQifQ.IEv6Jj5IHLZD0RhW-xOjfVbKkJDlkaAyCGjn_OOqGOg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\" title=\"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control\">$8,292,189 in contributions<\/a><\/strong>, that started with the same Consortium for Election and Political Process Strengthening tax dollars, moving through, again, at least five layers of charities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-look-who-s-talking\">Look Who\u2019s Talking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This unmasking of citizens\u2019 tax dollars being put to work against their Constitutional rights is raising the ire of those who \u2013 surprise, surprise \u2013 want to use more tax dollars to swipe away Second Amendment rights. U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) claims President Trump\u2019s efforts to bring accountability to taxpayer expenditures is \u201cattempting to seize control of power, and for corrupt purposes,\u201d\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/5135948-trump-murphy-democracy-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\" title=\"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control\">according to <em>The Hil<\/em>l<\/a><\/strong>. U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said \u201cThis illegal, unconstitutional interference with congressional power is threatening lives all over the world,\u201d according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/international\/foreign-aid\/5123972-lawmakers-legal-experts-warn-shuttering-usaid-is-unconstitutional\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\" title=\"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control\"><strong>another report in <em>The Hill<\/em><\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet, \u201cThe lady doth protest too much, methinks.\u201d Those politicians crowing about the secretive manipulation of tax dollars against the interests \u2013 and the very rights protected by the Constitution \u2013 should be a five-alarm bell for taxpayers, not just gun owners. It might also pull back the veil of why these same lawmakers rail against the Dickey Amendment that states, \u201cnone of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used to advocate or promote gun control.\u201d NSSF&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/cdc-isnt-following-science-its-manipulating-it-for-gun-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\" title=\"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control\">reported in 2022<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>that an investigative report by The Reload showed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was likely violating that law as recently as then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A federal judge<strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/us-judge-temporarily-blocks-musks-doge-accessing-payment-systems-2025-02-08\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\" title=\"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control\">temporarily blocked<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;Elon Musk\u2019s DOGE from accessing government systems to dig up the wasteful and damaging money laundering of tax dollars after 19 Democratic state attorneys general, led by gun control advocate New York State Attorney General Letitia James, sued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To pull another line from Shakespeare\u2019s Hamlet, \u201cSomething is rotten in the state of Denmark.\u201d Or in this case \u2013 Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\" title=\"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a> ***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To pull another line from Shakespeare\u2019s Hamlet, \u201cSomething is rotten in the state of Denmark.\u201d Or in this case \u2013 Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":207876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4024],"tags":[132,607,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-212977","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-buzz","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover how President Trump is exposing the spending habits of government officials, including funding for pet gun control projects.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"To pull another line from Shakespeare\u2019s Hamlet, \u201cSomething is rotten in the state of Denmark.\u201d Or in this case \u2013 Washington, D.C.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-11T17:40:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-21T11:18:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kamala_Harris_View.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"News Wire\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"News Wire\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"News Wire\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/87634856a7e290d26d603f784a635a65\"},\"headline\":\"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-11T17:40:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-21T11:18:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":913,\"commentCount\":4,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/Kamala_Harris_View.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Buzz\",\"News\",\"R2KBA\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\\\/\",\"name\":\"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/Kamala_Harris_View.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-11T17:40:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-21T11:18:58+00:00\",\"description\":\"Discover how President Trump is exposing the spending habits of government officials, including funding for pet gun control projects.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/Kamala_Harris_View.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/Kamala_Harris_View.jpg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"\u201cThere is not a thing that comes to mind. I\u2019ve been a part of most of the decisions that have had impact,\u201d Vice President Harris told Sonny Hostin, when the co-host of The View, asked if she would do anything different than President Joe Biden.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/\",\"name\":\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\\\/Digest\",\"description\":\"Gun Reviews, Industry News, and Product Reviews for Rifles, Pistols, Revolvers, Shotguns, Optics, and Ammunition. Looking to purchase a firearm online? Look no further than GunsAmerica.com, America&#039;s premier destination for buying and selling firearms.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GunsAmerica\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/image-3.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/image-3.png\",\"width\":286,\"height\":156,\"caption\":\"GunsAmerica\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/gunsamerica\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/gunsamerica\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/gunsamerica_official\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/GunsAmerica\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/87634856a7e290d26d603f784a635a65\",\"name\":\"News Wire\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dd7b287fa3dce54480381e439d5f0091176aa6d7e4dbb79c7eb8a0e723a0053f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dd7b287fa3dce54480381e439d5f0091176aa6d7e4dbb79c7eb8a0e723a0053f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dd7b287fa3dce54480381e439d5f0091176aa6d7e4dbb79c7eb8a0e723a0053f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"News Wire\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/author\\\/news-wire\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control","description":"Discover how President Trump is exposing the spending habits of government officials, including funding for pet gun control projects.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control","og_description":"To pull another line from Shakespeare\u2019s Hamlet, \u201cSomething is rotten in the state of Denmark.\u201d Or in this case \u2013 Washington, D.C.","og_url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\/","og_site_name":"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica","article_published_time":"2025-02-11T17:40:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-21T11:18:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kamala_Harris_View.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"News Wire","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@gunsamerica","twitter_site":"@gunsamerica","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"News Wire","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\/"},"author":{"name":"News Wire","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#\/schema\/person\/87634856a7e290d26d603f784a635a65"},"headline":"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control","datePublished":"2025-02-11T17:40:50+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-21T11:18:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\/"},"wordCount":913,"commentCount":4,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kamala_Harris_View.jpg","keywords":["Buzz","News","R2KBA"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\/","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\/","name":"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kamala_Harris_View.jpg","datePublished":"2025-02-11T17:40:50+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-21T11:18:58+00:00","description":"Discover how President Trump is exposing the spending habits of government officials, including funding for pet gun control projects.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kamala_Harris_View.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kamala_Harris_View.jpg","width":900,"height":600,"caption":"\u201cThere is not a thing that comes to mind. I\u2019ve been a part of most of the decisions that have had impact,\u201d Vice President Harris told Sonny Hostin, when the co-host of The View, asked if she would do anything different than President Joe Biden."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/suspicions-confirmed-taxpayer-dollars-funded-gun-control\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Suspicions Confirmed. Taxpayer Dollars Funded Gun Control"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#website","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/","name":"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest","description":"Gun Reviews, Industry News, and Product Reviews for Rifles, Pistols, Revolvers, Shotguns, Optics, and Ammunition. Looking to purchase a firearm online? Look no further than GunsAmerica.com, America&#039;s premier destination for buying and selling firearms.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#organization","name":"GunsAmerica","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-3.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-3.png","width":286,"height":156,"caption":"GunsAmerica"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica","https:\/\/x.com\/gunsamerica","https:\/\/instagram.com\/gunsamerica_official\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/GunsAmerica"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#\/schema\/person\/87634856a7e290d26d603f784a635a65","name":"News Wire","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dd7b287fa3dce54480381e439d5f0091176aa6d7e4dbb79c7eb8a0e723a0053f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dd7b287fa3dce54480381e439d5f0091176aa6d7e4dbb79c7eb8a0e723a0053f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dd7b287fa3dce54480381e439d5f0091176aa6d7e4dbb79c7eb8a0e723a0053f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"News Wire"},"url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/author\/news-wire\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kamala_Harris_View-150x100.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212977"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229230,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212977\/revisions\/229230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212977"},{"taxonomy":"featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured?post=212977"},{"taxonomy":"hunt365","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hunt365?post=212977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}