[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 148 (Wednesday, September 17, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                     REGARDING PASSAGE OF H.R. 6842

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                         HON. KENNY C. HULSHOF

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 17, 2008

  Mr. HULSHOF. Madam Speaker, today the United States House of 
Representatives took a large and much anticipated step towards 
protecting every American's 2nd Amendment right by passing H.R. 6842, 
The National Capital Security and Safety Act. The amendment to this 
legislation, authored by Representative Childers, is a much needed 
improvement to the underlying bill and will help the District of 
Columbia to fully comply with the United States Supreme Court's 
decision in D.C. vs. Heller.
  Today is truly a great day for every American as Congress has 
mandated that the stringent restrictions placed on citizens of the 
District of Columbia and their ability to possess firearms has been 
replaced with a law that is in line with what our founding fathers 
originally intended. It is my hope that other cities and municipalities 
with similar, restrictive gun ownership laws will now change those laws 
to come in line with our Constitution.

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