Government shutdown putting gun owners rights at risk, Republicans warn

FIRST ON FOX: A group of 30 House Republicans is raising alarms about how the government shutdown is impacting gun owners across the U.S.Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., led his colleagues in a letter to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Thursday urging its acting director to reclassify certain employees as essential workers, warning that current parameters are leaving many gun owners' applications for certain items in limbo."As a result of this Democrat-led shutdown, ATF, like most federal agencies, is operating at a reduced workforce. And while Democrats continue to fight f