[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 44 (Monday, March 16, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H1661]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. McHENRY:
       H.R. 1365.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is 
     the explicit power of Amendment II of the United State 
     Constitution: 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.
       Additionally, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, the Commerce 
     Clause, of the United States Constitution: To regulate 
     commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, 
     and with the Indian tribes.