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2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. RES. 339 |
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5 | 5 | | Supporting the Second Amendment’s guarantee that the right of the people |
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6 | 6 | | to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, and commending President |
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7 | 7 | | Trump and his administration as they work to protect Second Amend- |
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8 | 8 | | ment freedoms by reviewing and eliminating any of the Biden administra- |
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9 | 9 | | tion’s infringements on American’s constitutional freedoms. |
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10 | 10 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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11 | 11 | | APRIL17, 2025 |
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12 | 12 | | Mr. W |
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13 | 13 | | ILLIAMSof Texas (for himself, Mr. BABIN, Mrs. BIGGSof South Caro- |
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14 | 14 | | lina, Mr. C |
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15 | 15 | | LINE, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. CRANE, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. DOWN- |
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16 | 16 | | ING, Mr. FALLON, Mr. HARIDOPOLOS, Mr. HUDSON, Mrs. LUNA, Mr. |
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17 | 17 | | M |
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18 | 18 | | CDOWELL, Mr. SCHMIDT, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. WEBERof Texas, and Mr. |
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19 | 19 | | W |
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20 | 20 | | IED) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Com- |
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21 | 21 | | mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Af- |
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22 | 22 | | fairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each |
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23 | 23 | | case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of |
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24 | 24 | | the committee concerned |
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25 | 25 | | RESOLUTION |
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26 | 26 | | Supporting the Second Amendment’s guarantee that the |
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27 | 27 | | right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not |
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28 | 28 | | be infringed, and commending President Trump and his |
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29 | 29 | | administration as they work to protect Second Amend- |
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30 | 30 | | ment freedoms by reviewing and eliminating any of the |
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31 | 31 | | Biden administration’s infringements on American’s con- |
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32 | 32 | | stitutional freedoms. |
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35 | 35 | | •HRES 339 IH |
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36 | 36 | | Whereas the Second Amendment to the Constitution safe- |
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37 | 37 | | guards the right of the people to keep and bear arms, de- |
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38 | 38 | | claring that such right shall not be infringed; |
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39 | 39 | | Whereas James Madison, the father of the Second Amend- |
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40 | 40 | | ment, stated, ‘‘Americans have the right and advantage |
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41 | 41 | | of being armed—unlike citizens of other countries whose |
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42 | 42 | | governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.’’; |
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43 | 43 | | Whereas it has nonetheless been a stated goal of the Biden |
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44 | 44 | | administration to restrict, burden, and undermine the |
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45 | 45 | | ability of ordinary law-abiding citizens to exercise their |
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46 | 46 | | right to keep and bear arms, by encouraging Federal, |
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47 | 47 | | State, and local lawmakers to pass gun control measures |
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48 | 48 | | that self-evidently violate the spirit and letter of the Sec- |
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49 | 49 | | ond Amendment despite the understanding of the Second |
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50 | 50 | | Amendment as an important protection against crime, |
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51 | 51 | | tyranny, and oppression; |
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52 | 52 | | Whereas there have been an increased number of rules issued |
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53 | 53 | | by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explo- |
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54 | 54 | | sives (ATF) in recent years aimed at restricting Ameri- |
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55 | 55 | | cans’ right to keep and bear arms; |
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56 | 56 | | Whereas the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has re- |
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57 | 57 | | stricted the fundamental Second Amendment right enu- |
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58 | 58 | | merated in the Bill of Rights by implementing policies |
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59 | 59 | | that limit commercial firearm exports without providing |
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60 | 60 | | adequate reasoning to why such a prohibition is nec- |
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61 | 61 | | essary; |
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62 | 62 | | Whereas President Trump has vehemently defended the con- |
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63 | 63 | | stitutional right to own and purchase firearms by peeling |
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64 | 64 | | back the Biden administration’s flagrant gun-control |
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65 | 65 | | measures; |
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69 | 69 | | Whereas President Trump is protecting law-abiding |
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70 | 70 | | gunowners from the infringements of ATF and BIS poli- |
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71 | 71 | | cies; and |
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72 | 72 | | Whereas President Trump continues to empower law-abiding |
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73 | 73 | | gunowners and firearm manufactures to ensure the Sec- |
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74 | 74 | | ond Amendment remains secure: Now, therefore, be it |
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75 | 75 | | Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 |
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76 | 76 | | (1) reaffirms the support for the Second 2 |
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77 | 77 | | Amendment and the constitutional guarantee that 3 |
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78 | 78 | | the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall 4 |
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79 | 79 | | not be infringed; 5 |
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80 | 80 | | (2) disapproves of the Biden administration’s 6 |
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81 | 81 | | gun control agenda and hostility towards the lawful 7 |
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82 | 82 | | gun industry; 8 |
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83 | 83 | | (3) disapproves of rule and policy changes by 9 |
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84 | 84 | | the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Ex-10 |
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85 | 85 | | plosives under the Biden administration to restrict 11 |
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86 | 86 | | citizen’s Second Amendment right; 12 |
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87 | 87 | | (4) disapproves of the Bureau of Industry and 13 |
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88 | 88 | | Security policies to limit lawful firearm exports and 14 |
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89 | 89 | | bad-faith attacks on civilian gun ownership; 15 |
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90 | 90 | | (5) supports President Trump’s actions to re-16 |
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91 | 91 | | peal harmful policies imposed by the Biden adminis-17 |
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92 | 92 | | tration on law-abiding gunowners; and 18 |
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96 | 96 | | (6) commends President Trump’s commitment 1 |
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97 | 97 | | to upholding the Constitution and defending the con-2 |
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98 | 98 | | stitutional right to bear arms. 3 |
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