Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a Federal statute requiring firearm registration would unduly burden the Second Amendment right of the people to keep and bear arms.

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that a federal statute requiring firearm registration would be contrary to the Constitution of the United States, would unduly burden the right to keep and bear arms, and would stand in opposition to the founding principles of the United States.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 351 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 351

  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a Federal 
 statute requiring firearm registration would unduly burden the Second 
          Amendment right of the people to keep and bear arms.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 2009

 Mr. Minnick submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a Federal 
 statute requiring firearm registration would unduly burden the Second 
          Amendment right of the people to keep and bear arms.

Whereas the soldiers of the Continental Army and other patriots who fought to 
        secure the independence of the United States did not do so using 
        registered firearms;
Whereas the right of the people to keep and bear arms, protected by the Second 
        Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, is rooted in the 
        principle of liberty, upon which the United States was founded;
Whereas the Supreme Court has consistently upheld the right of the people to 
        keep and bear arms, most recently in the case of District of Columbia v. 
        Heller (128 S.Ct. 2783 (2008));
Whereas the right of the people to keep and bear arms has a history of robust 
        legal protection, reflecting a consensus that certain bans on firearms 
        are unconstitutional;
Whereas firearm registration should be held to be an undue burden on the right 
        of the people to keep and bear arms, consistent with the firm 
        convictions to that effect of many of the people and the history of 
        robust legal protection for the right; and
Whereas H.R. 45 of the 111th Congress, if enacted, would unduly burden the right 
        of the people to keep and bear arms by requiring firearm registration: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
a Federal statute requiring firearm registration, such as is proposed 
by H.R. 45 of the 111th Congress, would--
            (1) be contrary to the Constitution of the United States;
            (2) unduly burden the right of the people to keep and bear 
        arms; and
            (3) stand in opposition to the founding principles of the 
        United States.
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