IV 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. CON. RES. 173 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 30, 2009 Mr. Alexander submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Federal Government should not levy any additional taxes on firearms or firearm ammunition during the current economic hardship.

Whereas the constitutional right to keep and bear arms conferred by the Second Amendment is essential to the defense of the United States, the maintenance of liberty, and the suppression of tyranny; Whereas the Supreme Court ruled, in District of Columbia v. Heller, that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm for traditionally lawful purposes such as self-defense and the defense of others; Whereas infringement of the right to keep and bear arms would place individual citizens and the United States as a whole at the mercy of threats both foreign and domestic; Whereas levying taxes on firearms and firearm ammunition would place additional financial burden on law-abiding citizens during our current economic hardship; Whereas during the current economic crisis, the Federal Government should not place additional burdens on law-abiding citizens by arbitrarily levying taxes of firearms or firearm ammunition in an attempt to restrict an individual’s right to bear arms; and Whereas law-abiding citizens have a constitutional right to keep and bear arms free from harassment and intimidation: Now, therefore, be it

That it is the sense of the Congress that the Federal Government should not levy any additional taxes on the sale of firearms or firearm ammunition during the current economic hardship.