[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 40 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. CON. RES. 40

 Expressing the sense of Congress that undue restrictions on the right 
 of law-abiding gun owners to carry a firearm for self-defense outside 
  of the home violate the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the 
                             United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 23, 2020

Mrs. Loeffler submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of Congress that undue restrictions on the right 
 of law-abiding gun owners to carry a firearm for self-defense outside 
  of the home violate the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the 
                             United States.

Whereas the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States (referred 
        to in this preamble as the ``Second Amendment'') 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 the right to ``bear Arms'', in plain language, means the right to carry 
        arms;
Whereas, based on this plain language, the Second Amendment clearly provides 
        individual citizens with a right to carry arms for the purpose of self-
        defense;
Whereas the Supreme Court of the United States has held that the Second 
        Amendment is incorporated under the Fourteenth Amendment to the 
        Constitution of the United States and thereby protects the right of an 
        individual under the Second Amendment from infringement by State and 
        local governments;
Whereas several States have enacted laws that unduly inhibit and infringe upon 
        the rights of a law-abiding individual to carry a firearm outside of the 
        home, unless the individual can demonstrate a special need to carry the 
        firearm;
Whereas these State laws are inconsistent with the plain meaning of the right to 
        bear arms and the rights granted to individuals by the Second Amendment; 
        and
Whereas established Federal processes and procedures regulating the right to 
        purchase and possess a firearm are sufficient to provide for the 
        interests of public safety: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that undue restrictions on the right 
of law-abiding gun owners to carry a firearm for self-defense outside 
of the home--
            (1) violate both--
                    (A) the intent of the Founding Fathers, as 
                expressed by James Madison in The Federalist No. 46; 
                and
                    (B) the clear meaning of the Second Amendment to 
                the Constitution of the United States ``to keep and 
                bear Arms''; and
            (2) are unlawful infringements of the rights granted by the 
        Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
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