[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 61 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 61

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
              clarify the meaning of the Second Amendment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 1997

Mr. Owens introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
              clarify the meaning of the Second Amendment.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States 
within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

                              ``Article --

    ``The right enumerated in the second article of amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States shall be construed as a right of 
States and not of individuals.''.
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