[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H47]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. HUDSON:
        H.R. 38.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The 2nd Amendment, which states that ``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.''