Details

• Sponsor - Bartlett
• Proposed -  January 4, 2007
• Congressional Record Link - H.R.73
• Amends - None.
• Amendments - None.
• Vote - None yet.
• Results - No change in law.

Status

January 4, 2007 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

February 2, 2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Synopsis

This bill is the reaffirmation of the right of people to defend themselves, their family and their home. The meat of the bill is as follows:

(a) Reaffirmation of Right- A person not prohibited from receiving a firearm by Section 922(g) of title 18, United States Code, shall have the right to obtain firearms for security, and to use firearms--

(1) in defense of self or family against a reasonably perceived threat of imminent and unlawful infliction of serious bodily injury;

(2) in defense of self or family in the course of the commission by another person of a violent felony against the person or a member of the person's family; and

(3) in defense of the person's home in the course of the commission of a felony by another person.

Analysis

 Although the spirit of the law looks to be very positive, it is going to take a lawyer to determine if this proposed law would have any real impact.

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