[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 14, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H1185]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. GIBBS:
       H.R. 1045.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution and 
     the Second Amendment, which 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.