Second Amendment Sovereignty Act of 2012

Second Amendment Sovereignty Act of 2012 - Expresses the sense of Congress that U.S. sovereignty and the constitutionally protected freedoms of American gun owners must be upheld and not be undermined by a United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.

Prohibits funds from being obligated or expended to use U.S. influence, in connection with negotiations for a United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, to restrict the rights of U.S. citizens under the Second Amendment to the Constitution, or to otherwise regulate domestic manufacture, assembly, possession, use, transfer, or purchase of firearms, ammunition, or related items.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5846 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5846

  To prohibit funding to negotiate a United Nations Arms Trade Treaty 
 that restricts the Second Amendment rights of United States citizens.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 18, 2012

Mr. Quayle (for himself and Mr. Rehberg) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit funding to negotiate a United Nations Arms Trade Treaty 
 that restricts the Second Amendment rights of United States citizens.

    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 Sovereignty Act of 
2012''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) In October 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham 
        Clinton announced the United States support and participation 
        in negotiating the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, to be 
        finalized in 2012, signaling a shift in United States policy.
            (2) An Arms Trade Treaty that regulates the domestic 
        manufacturer, possession, or purchase of civilian firearms and 
        ammunition would infringe on the rights of United States 
        citizens protected under the second amendment to the 
        Constitution of the United States.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
sovereignty of the United States and the constitutionally protected 
freedoms of American gun owners must be upheld and not be undermined by 
the Arms Trade Treaty.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING.

    No funds may be obligated or expended to use the voice, vote, and 
influence of the United States, in connection with negotiations for a 
United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, to restrict in any way the rights of 
United States citizens under the second amendment to the Constitution 
of the United States, or to otherwise regulate domestic manufacture, 
assembly, possession, use, transfer, or purchase of firearms, 
ammunition, or related items, including small arms, light weapons, or 
related materials.
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