Kristi Noem

But he brought a gun.

showed up to impede a law enforcement operation and assaulted our officers.

They responded according to their training and took action to defend the officer's life and those of the public around him.

And I don't know of any peaceful protester that shows up with a gun and ammunition rather than a sign.

This is a violent riot when you have someone showing up with weapons and are using them to assault law enforcement officers.

Because I wanted to talk about how the Constitution guarantees us the individual's right to keep and bear arms.

And that's why I strongly support the Second Amendment.

This right isn't abstract to me.

It's part of my family's heritage and it's my state's culture.

I'm a gun owner.

A member of the Congressional Sportsman's Caucus, I'll continue to fight and defend this right for the people of South Dakota and for our way of life.

You know, the Second Amendment has been described in many different ways over the years, but some of those are such as it is there to support our natural rights of self-defense.

It's there for resistance of oppression.

It even was described as a civic duty to act in concert to defense in the defense of the state.

These are all reasons that we need to make sure that we're continuously talking about the benefits of this right, what it means to mothers and fathers who are protecting their families and what it means to us growing up in a country where people sacrificed blood and died to protect the rights that we have.

and a White House that is so hell-bent on grabbing power and control of your life, they will do anything and stop at absolutely nothing to take it away.

They will even take away your last tool of defense.

The Second Amendment is about deterrence.

It's about ensuring the government respects the rights and the liberty of citizens.

a well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of a people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.