Beatnik
Member
Just received this from VCDL. Please help by emailing your congressman!
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
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A few months ago pro-gun Congressman Ron Paul (TX-14) introduced a
bill that would prohibit any regulation barring carry in National
Parks!
The bill number is HR. 1897, the National Park Second Amendment
Restoration and Personal Protection Act of 2007.
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ACTION ITEM
Currently there is only one cosponsor of the bill :-(
That cosponsor is none other than Virgil Goode, Jr. of Virginia (R-5)!
We need to get the word out so we can get a lot of cosponsors on this
bill.
If your Congressman is Virgil Goode, contact him and thank him for
signing on to HR. 1897.
If your Congressman is NOT Virgil Goode, then you can contact them by
clicking here:
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Suggested message:
--
I urge you to cosponsor and help move Congressman Ron Paul's bill HR.
1897!
HR. 1897 will allow law-abiding gun owners to be able to carry a
handgun for self-defense in a National Park.
The Department of the Interior has refused to seriously consider
changing their current regulations to allow citizens the right to
self-defense, even though crime is on the rise in National Parks.
Congress needs to act to protect the lives of innocent citizens.
Please let me know what you are going to do.
--
The wording of the bill can be seen by clicking here:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.1897:
National Park Second Amendment Restoration and Personal Protection
Act of 2007 (Introduced in House)
HR 1897 IH
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1897
To protect the second amendment rights of individuals to carry
firearms in units of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 17, 2007
Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To protect the second amendment rights of individuals to carry
firearms in units of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `National Park Second Amendment
Restoration and Personal Protection Act of 2007'.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the second amendment to the Constitution provides
that `the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be
infringed';
(2) section 2.4(a)(1) of title 36, Code of Federal
Regulations, provides that `except as otherwise provided in this
section and parts 7 (special regulations) and 13 (Alaska
regulations), the following are prohibited: (i) Possessing a weapon,
trap or net (ii) Carrying a weapon, trap or net (iii) Using a weapon,
trap or net';
(3) the regulations described in paragraph (2) prevent
individuals complying with Federal and State laws from exercising the
second amendment rights of the individuals while at units of the
National Park System;
(4) the existence of different laws relating to the
transportation and possession of firearms at different units of the
National Park System entraps law-abiding gun owners while at units of
the National Park System; and
(5) the Federal laws should make it clear that the second
amendment rights of an individual at a unit of the National Park
System should not be infringed.
SEC. 3. FIREARMS IN UNITS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.
No Federal regulation shall restrict any individual from
possessing or carrying a firearm if that restriction is based in
whole or in part upon the fact that the individual is in a unit of
the National Park System.
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
======================================================
A few months ago pro-gun Congressman Ron Paul (TX-14) introduced a
bill that would prohibit any regulation barring carry in National
Parks!
The bill number is HR. 1897, the National Park Second Amendment
Restoration and Personal Protection Act of 2007.
--
ACTION ITEM
Currently there is only one cosponsor of the bill :-(
That cosponsor is none other than Virgil Goode, Jr. of Virginia (R-5)!
We need to get the word out so we can get a lot of cosponsors on this
bill.
If your Congressman is Virgil Goode, contact him and thank him for
signing on to HR. 1897.
If your Congressman is NOT Virgil Goode, then you can contact them by
clicking here:
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Suggested message:
--
I urge you to cosponsor and help move Congressman Ron Paul's bill HR.
1897!
HR. 1897 will allow law-abiding gun owners to be able to carry a
handgun for self-defense in a National Park.
The Department of the Interior has refused to seriously consider
changing their current regulations to allow citizens the right to
self-defense, even though crime is on the rise in National Parks.
Congress needs to act to protect the lives of innocent citizens.
Please let me know what you are going to do.
--
The wording of the bill can be seen by clicking here:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.1897:
National Park Second Amendment Restoration and Personal Protection
Act of 2007 (Introduced in House)
HR 1897 IH
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1897
To protect the second amendment rights of individuals to carry
firearms in units of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 17, 2007
Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To protect the second amendment rights of individuals to carry
firearms in units of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `National Park Second Amendment
Restoration and Personal Protection Act of 2007'.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the second amendment to the Constitution provides
that `the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be
infringed';
(2) section 2.4(a)(1) of title 36, Code of Federal
Regulations, provides that `except as otherwise provided in this
section and parts 7 (special regulations) and 13 (Alaska
regulations), the following are prohibited: (i) Possessing a weapon,
trap or net (ii) Carrying a weapon, trap or net (iii) Using a weapon,
trap or net';
(3) the regulations described in paragraph (2) prevent
individuals complying with Federal and State laws from exercising the
second amendment rights of the individuals while at units of the
National Park System;
(4) the existence of different laws relating to the
transportation and possession of firearms at different units of the
National Park System entraps law-abiding gun owners while at units of
the National Park System; and
(5) the Federal laws should make it clear that the second
amendment rights of an individual at a unit of the National Park
System should not be infringed.
SEC. 3. FIREARMS IN UNITS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.
No Federal regulation shall restrict any individual from
possessing or carrying a firearm if that restriction is based in
whole or in part upon the fact that the individual is in a unit of
the National Park System.
