54 U.S.C. § 104906
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- (a)Congress finds the following:
- (1)The 2d 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 2d amendment rights of the individuals while at System units.
- (4)The existence of different laws relating to the transportation and possession of firearms at different System units entrapped law-abiding gun owners while at System units.
- (5)Although the Bush administration issued new regulations relating to the 2d amendment rights of law-abiding citizens in System units that went into effect on January 9, 2009—
- (6)Congress needs to weigh in on the new regulations to ensure that unelected bureaucrats and judges cannot again override the 2d amendment rights of law-abiding citizens on 83,600,000 acres of System land.
- (7)Federal laws should make it clear that the 2d amendment rights of an individual at a System unit should not be infringed.
- (b)The Secretary shall not promulgate or enforce any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm, including an assembled or functional firearm, in any System unit if—