Second Amendment Restoration Act introduced!

http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul73.html ^

[Richard-SIA]

Ron Paul in the US House of Representatives, January 9, 2003

Mr. Speaker, I rise to restore the right the founding fathers saw as the guarantee of every other right by introducing the Second Amendment Protection Act. This to keep and bear arms by repealing unconstitutional laws that allow power-hungry federal bureaucrats to restrict the rights of law-abiding gun owners. Specifically, my legislation repeals the five-day waiting period and the "instant" background check, which enables the federal government to compile a database of every gun owner in America. My legislation also repeals the misnamed ban on "semi-automatic" weapons, which bans entire class of firearms for no conceivable reason beside the desire of demagogic politicians to appear tough on crime. Finally, my bill amends the Gun Control Act of 1968 by deleting the "sporting purposes" test, which allows the Treasury Secretary to infringe on second amendment rights by classifying a firearm (handgun, rifle, shotgun) as a "destructive device" simply because the Secretary believes the gun to be "non-sporting."

Thomas Jefferson said "The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; ...that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed." Jefferson, and all of the Founders, would be horrified by the proliferation of unconstitutional legislation that prevents law-abiding Americans from exercising their right and duty to keep and bear arms. I hope my colleagues will join me in upholding the Founders' vision for a free society by cosponsoring the Second Amendment Restoration Act.

Dr. Ron Paul is a Republican member of Congress from Texas.

[Richard-SIA]

THIS is one of my favorite bills, it has been introduced before, and left to rot in the Judiciary Committee.

Now that we have a fully republican congress, RKBA supporters SHOULD be able to move this bill along IF they will make a genuine concerted effort to push congress HARD and CONSISTENTLY for it's passage!

It does not repeal ALL the anti-constitution seditionist "gun control" garbage that has been passed by the prior congress, but it IS a good start.

Passing this would set back the anti's by a couple of decades, lets do it!

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[Mr. Mojo]

Props to the most principled man in congress, Ron Paul.

Let the hounding of congresscritters commence!

[mvpel]

Along the same lines, check out http://www.CApropRKBA.org/ for the California effort to restore firearms rights.

[Mulder]

bang

[ConservativeLawyer]

Some encouraging movement the other way.

[Madcelt]

Ping!!!!! Heads Up!

[Travis McGee]

At least a gesture back at the gun grabbers.

[Sparta]

Ron Paul for President in 2004

[syriacus]

Nice.

[ConservativeLawyer]

At least a gesture back at the gun grabbers.

I've got a gesture for the gun grabbers!

[Holden Magroin]

The Republican leadership will bury Ron Paul's bill in the legislative graveyard - they don't want to upset any "soccer moms."

[Shooter 2.5]

HR 1762

[etcetera]

What's the number of this bill? I would like to write my Congress people to support this.

[DoughtyOne]

Bingo!

[Travis McGee]

Hopefully we will not need to sue for our rights using Rule 308.

[Barnacle]

God bless Ron Paul.

I will write my congressman, Dennis Hastert, to support this bill.

[Squantos]

Ron Paul has done a lot for the RKBA in Texas.......if ya have time write yer polidiots and congress critters and "demand" they support this bill.

Thanks for the ping !

[College Repub]

No. He has his head up his ass when it comes to foriegn policy

[Sauce]

I’ve got a minimum of 161 pro Second Amendment files on my PC. The information is out there, all we have to do is go look for it.