Refusal to accept restrictions on firearms.

WORKING DRAFT
2009
STATE OF
WYOMING
09LSO-0645

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
NO.
HJ0018

Refusal to accept restrictions on firearms.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Zwonitzer, Dn., Blake, Brechtel, Brown, Davison, Illoway, Jaggi, McOmie, Millin, Quarberg, Semlek, Shepperson, Stubson and Teeters and Senator(s) Burns and Case

A Bill

for

A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting Congress to
cease and desist in passing legislation impeding the rights of
Americans
to keep and bear arms.

WHEREAS,

t
he Second Amendment of the United States Constitution does not simply provide for a collective right or a right for the states to establish militias, rather, it provides for an individual right to
keep and
bear arms;
and

WHEREAS,

t
he
primary purpose of the
right to
keep and
bear arms is to protect one's self, family and possessions from either the private lawlessness of other persons o
r
the tyranny of government;
and

WHEREAS,

the right to
keep and
bear arm
s
is also meant to protect the general private uses of firearms in activities such as hunting and other sporting activities;
and

WHEREAS,

the United States Supreme Court
, in
District of Columbia v. Heller
, 128 S.Ct. 2783 (2008),
recently struck down a firearms ban in the District of Columbia explicitly ruling that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess firearms for private use;
and

WHEREAS,

despite this ruling legislation
has been introduced in the Un
it
ed States House of Representatives
calling for a system of mandatory federal licensing of all firea
r
m owners;
and

WHEREAS,

the legislation introduced would require all firearm owners to apply for and carry a federally issued picture identification in order to keep any firearm in their home;
and

WHEREAS, the legislation introduced would make it a federal crime to keep a loaded firearm
or an unloaded firearm and ammunition within any premises, including American homes, where a child may be present;
and

WHEREAS, the legislation introduced specifically purports to pre-empt any state or local law inconsistent with the legislation; and

WHEREAS, the introduced legislation, Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009, is a direct imposition on each American's individual right to keep and bear arms in their homes and for their protection
.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
:

Section 1.

That members of the United States Congress cease and desist attempting to enact federal legislation impinging on the individual right of every American to keep and bear arms in any manner. Specifically, that members of Congress oppose the passage of the Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009
and any similar legislation
.

Section 2.

That the Secretary of State of Wyoming transmit copies of this resolution to the President of the United States, to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress and to the Wyoming Congressional Delegation
and make copies of this resolution available to media outlets
.

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