[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 71 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 71

Expressing the Sense of the Congress that the Federal Government should 
   not create a national database tracking firearm owners or firearm 
                               purchases.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 2009

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

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the Sense of the Congress that the Federal Government should 
   not create a national database tracking firearm owners or firearm 
                               purchases.

Whereas the constitutional right to keep and bear arms conferred by the Second 
        Amendment is essential to the defense of our Nation, 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 Nation as a whole at the mercy of threats both foreign 
        and domestic;
Whereas George Washington, America's original commander-in-chief and President 
        of the United States, stated ``Firearms stand next in importance to the 
        constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and 
        keystone under independence . . . the very atmosphere of firearms 
        anywhere restrains evil interference--they deserve a place of honor with 
        all that's good.''; and
Whereas law-abiding citizens have a constitutional right to keep and bear arms 
        free from harassment and intimidation: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that the Federal Government should 
not create a national database for the purpose of tracking firearm 
owners or firearm purchases, as affirmed by section 926(a) of title 18, 
United States Code, as enacted by the Congress in Firearm Owners 
Protection Act of 1986.
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