Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the anniversary of the United States Supreme Court decision in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 677 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 677

 Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the anniversary of the 
    United States Supreme Court decision in the case of District of 
                          Columbia v. Heller.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 5, 2012

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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the anniversary of the 
    United States Supreme Court decision in the case of District of 
                          Columbia v. Heller.

Whereas the second amendment to the Constitution of the United States states, 
        ``A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free 
        State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be 
        infringed.'';
Whereas this amendment and 9 others, known as the Bill of Rights, were ratified 
        effective on December 15, 1791;
Whereas our Founding Fathers wrote the Bill of Rights and the Constitution to 
        protect our fundamental freedoms as American citizens;
Whereas the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 was passed by the Council 
        of the District of Columbia on September 24, 1976, banning residents 
        from owning handguns;
Whereas the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit 
        struck down provisions of the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 
        as unconstitutional;
Whereas, on June 26, 2008, the United States Supreme Court in the case of 
        District of Columbia v. Heller upheld the lower court's decision that 
        the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 was unconstitutional;
Whereas the decision in the Heller case was the first modern Supreme Court 
        decision to find that a law violated the fundamental, individual right 
        to keep and bear arms; and
Whereas the 4th anniversary of this decision is on June 26, 2012: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives, on the occasion of the 
4th anniversary of the United States Supreme Court decision in the case 
of District of Columbia v. Heller--
            (1) acknowledges the second amendment to the Constitution 
        of the United States protects the fundamental, individual right 
        of all Americans to keep and bear arms;
            (2) reaffirms the continued importance of this right to 
        keep and bear arms;
            (3) pays tribute to the United States Supreme Court for 
        upholding this right to keep and bear arms; and
            (4) calls on the United States Supreme Court to continue to 
        protect this right.
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