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H.R.1288 - District of Columbia Personal Protection Act |
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Friday, 16 September 2005 |
Details- Sponsor - Souder
- Proposed - March 14, 2005
- Congressional Record Link - HR1288
- Amends - Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975
- Amendments - None.
- Vote - None yet.
- Results - No change in law.
StatusMarch 14, 2005 - Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
May 19, 2005 - Senate companion bill S.1082 has been introduced.
Testimony provided to the subcommittee by:
The Honorable Anthony Williams, Mayor, District of Columbia Mr. Charles H. Ramsey, Chief of Police, Metropolitan Police Department Mr. John R. Lott, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute Mr. Robert A. Levy, Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies, The Cato Institute Mr. Robert Peck, President, Greater Washington Board of Trade Reverend Lionel Edmonds, Co-Chair, Washington Interfaith Network Ms. Sandra Seegers, District of Columbia Resident Mr. Tyrone Parker, Executive Director, Alliance of Concerned Men Ms. Francine Lowe, District of Columbia Resident
Click on the name to read their testimony.
Keep in mind that this meeting was called by Rep. Moran (VA) so it has the expected anti-Second Amendment slant.
SynopsisThe bill makes the following changes to law:
- Ends the local government's ability to prohibit or unduly burden lawful citizens from owning guns within the constraints of federal law.
- Repeals the DC semiautomatic gun ban.
- Ends registration of non-NFA weapons. See NFA 34 for more info.
- Legalizes ammunition reloading.
- Repeals the handgun ammunition ban.
- Restores the right to self defense in the home.
- Ends criminal penalties for possession of unregistered firearms.
- and ends criminal penalties for carrying a firearm in your house, on your land or at your business.
Analysis
This bill would provide DC residents with a good start toward restoring their Second Amendment rights.
See House Bill 3193 to look at last year's bill. It passed the House late in the year and did not get attention in the Senate.
"If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very low crime rate." Marion Barry, then three-time mayor of Washington, D.C. at the National Press Club, March 23, 1989. In November, 1989 Barry was convicted of possessing Cocaine. In 1995 he was elected to a fourth term.
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