[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 138 (Monday, August 20, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5718]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petitions and memorials were laid before the Senate and 
were referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:

       POM-286. A concurrent resolution adopted by the Legislature 
     of the State of Louisiana memorializing its support of the 
     right of American citizens to keep and bear arms; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.

                   House Concurrent Resolution No. 87

       Whereas, the Second Amendment of the United States 
     Constitution and Article I, Section 11 of the Constitution of 
     Louisiana guarantees the right of Louisiana citizens to keep 
     and bear arms; and
       Whereas, in recent years, Congress as well as certain 
     states have passed laws which have eroded or attempted to 
     erode the right of the citizens of this country to keep and 
     bear arms; and
       Whereas, Americans have the right to protect themselves at 
     home with a firearm; and
       Whereas, the United States Constitution recognizes that the 
     right to keep and bear arms is necessary to the security of a 
     free nation and for its citizens to protect themselves and 
     their families; and
       Whereas, there are some who would repeal or impair the 
     right to keep and bear arms. Therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby 
     express support of the right of American citizens to keep and 
     bear arms and does not support any actions that would impair 
     or erode that right, including but not limited to the right 
     of citizens to protect themselves and their families in their 
     home; and be it further
       Resolved, That a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to 
     the presiding officers of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives of the Congress of the United States of 
     America and to each member of the Louisiana congressional 
     delegation.
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       POM-287. A resolution adopted by the City Council of the 
     City of Palm Springs, California memorializing its opposition 
     to the separation of children from their families at the 
     border, detaining immigrants and their children indefinitely, 
     and criminally prosecuting immigrants lawfully seeking 
     asylum, and calling on the United States Congress to 
     immediately enact fair and humane comprehensive immigration 
     reform; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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