[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.

[ConservativeLawyer]

Some encouraging movement the other way.

[Madcelt]

Ping!!!!! Heads Up!

[Sparta]

Ron Paul for President in 2004

[syriacus]

Nice.

[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.

[Barnacle]

God bless Ron Paul.

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

[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.

[Ken H]

This bill would be a proper use of the Supremacy Clause in Article VI of the Constitution, as well as the Fourteenth Amendment.

The bogus term "States Rights" does not apply here. The Tenth Amendment says:

The powers [not rights] not granted to the United States by the Constitution, nor forbidden by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

The Second Amendment says the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

Citizens have rights; not governments, groups, or "society".

[Squantos]

Here's a little light at the end of a loooooong tunnel.

Stay Safe RR !

[Squantos]

All is not lost !! Ron Paul drove our CHL through here in Texas. Good Guy !

[Richard-SIA]

Bill text to save you all a trip to "Thomas"!

Great bill, missing a few items I would have added, but a great start.

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TEXT

Second Amendment Protection Act of 2001 (Introduced in House)

HR 1762 IH

107th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1762

To restore the second amendment rights of all Americans.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 8, 2001

Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary



A BILL

To restore the second amendment rights of all Americans.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Second Amendment Protection Act of 2001'.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF FEDERAL HARASSMENT PERIOD.

Public Law 103-159 is hereby replaced, and any provisions of law amended or repealed by such Act are restored or revived as if such Act had not been
enacted.

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL GUN BAN.

Title XI of Public Law 103-322 is hereby repealed, and any provisions of law amended or repealed by such title are restored or revived as if such title had not
been enacted.

SEC. 4. REPEAL OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL DISTINCTION.

(a) Section 201 of title 11 of Public Law 90-618 is amended by striking `which the Secretary finds is generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting
purposes,' and `which the owner intends to use solely for sporting purposes.'

(b) Public Law 90-351, as amended, is amended as follows:

(1) In section 902, strike `which the Secretary finds is generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes,' `which the owner intends
to use solely for sporting, recreational, or cultural purposes,' `a projectile which the Secretary finds is primarily intended to be used for sporting
purposes,' `devoted to the collection, competitive use, or other sporting use of firearms in the community,' `determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury to be particularly suitable for sporting purposes and,' `(A) determined by the Secretary to be generally recognized as particularly suitable for
sporting purposes, or determined by the Department of Defense to be a type of firearm normally classified as a war souvenir, and (B),' `and is
generally recognized as particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes,' and `provided that such handguns are generally recognized
as particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes,'.

(2) Strike `lawful sporting purposes' and insert in lieu thereof `lawful purposes'.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

The provisions of this Act shall take effect immediately upon enactment.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

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.

Will it also apply to state laws as part of the federal jurisdiction on the issue?

[jjm2111]

Oh, this will get passed. It lets the peasants carry guns w/out government snooping.

[NYDave]

I'm not a gun person, simply becase I didn't grow up with them. I do, however, support the right to bear arms. The illegalization of firearms in England and Australia has caused a tremendous increase in crime in both of those countries. There have been studies statistically supporting the notion that, where carry permits are allowed, crime drops significantly. Ron Paul is a very bright light in a rather dim Congress.

[Eagle Eye]

My speculatio is that this bill will NEVER be introduced while the Republicans have a majority because then they would have to vote for it and it could pass.