On February 27, 2009, the national committee passed the following resolution:

Whereas, every man, woman, and responsible child is possessed of a
natural, fundamental, and inalienable human, individual, civil, and
constitutional right to obtain, own, and carry, openly or concealed,
any weapon -- handgun, shotgun, rifle, machine gun, anything -- any
time, anywhere, without asking anyone's permission; and

Whereas it is the constitutional obligation of government to
respect and defend, rather than suppress, that right; and

Whereas all attempts by government to institute measures of victim
disarmament, a/k/a "gun control," are illegal, unconstitutional,
subversive of public safety and morally repugnant;

Be it resolved that the Boston Tea Party opposes all new victim
disarmament legislation and all attempts to re-impose past victim
disarmament schemes, including but not limited to the Obama
administration's contemplated re-introduction of an "assault weapons" ban.

The motion passed with a vote of 5-0 with two members not voting.