[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1897 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1897

To protect the second amendment rights of individuals to carry firearms 
     in units of the National Park System, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 17, 2007

   Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To protect the second amendment rights of individuals to carry firearms 
     in units of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

    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 ``National Park Second Amendment 
Restoration and Personal Protection Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the second amendment to the Constitution provides that 
        ``the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be 
        infringed'';
            (2) section 2.4(a)(1) of title 36, Code of Federal 
        Regulations, provides that ``except as otherwise provided in 
        this section and parts 7 (special regulations) and 13 (Alaska 
        regulations), the following are prohibited: (i) Possessing a 
        weapon, trap or net (ii) Carrying a weapon, trap or net (iii) 
        Using a weapon, trap or net'';
            (3) the regulations described in paragraph (2) prevent 
        individuals complying with Federal and State laws from 
        exercising the second amendment rights of the individuals while 
        at units of the National Park System;
            (4) the existence of different laws relating to the 
        transportation and possession of firearms at different units of 
        the National Park System entraps law-abiding gun owners while 
        at units of the National Park System; and
            (5) the Federal laws should make it clear that the second 
        amendment rights of an individual at a unit of the National 
        Park System should not be infringed.

SEC. 3. FIREARMS IN UNITS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.

    No Federal regulation shall restrict any individual from possessing 
or carrying a firearm if that restriction is based in whole or in part 
upon the fact that the individual is in a unit of the National Park 
System.
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