ENROLLED
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 87
BY REPRESENTATIVE JAY MORRIS
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To express support of the right of American citizens to keep and bear arms.
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.
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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.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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