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H.R. 17: | Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2009 | 111th Congress 2009-2010 |
To protect the right to obtain firearms for security, and to use firearms in defense of self, family, or home, and to provide for the enforcement of such right. OverviewSponsor: | | Text: | Summary
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Full Text | Status: |  | Introduced | Jan 6, 2009 | | Referred to Committee | View Committee Assignments |  | Reported by Committee | ... | | House Vote | ... | | Senate Vote | ... | | Signed by President | ... |
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[Last Updated: Nov 13, 2009 10:54AM] | Last Action: | Feb 9, 2009:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. | Related: | See the Related Legislation page for other bills related to this one and a list of subject terms
that have been applied to this bill.
Sometimes the text of one bill or resolution is incorporated into another, and in those cases the original bill or resolution, as it would appear here, would seem to be abandoned. |
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May 7, 2009 1:59 PM - what are the proponents in congress for supporting this bill? -
Answer it!Oct 11, 2009 3:45 PM - Is this another attempt to require registration of ALL of the firearms that you own, and then tax your right to own them? Will this also include the confiscation of certain firearms that are now legal to own? An, finally, should this be passed, would it become retroactive, or would it only apply to a "start date"? -
Read AnswersAnswered by a visitor on Oct 15, 2009 10:49 AM -
Did you actually read the bill? The links are above. This is a PRO gun bill and has nothing to do with registration, etc. See http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:h17: Answered by a visitor on Oct 22, 2009 7:17 PM -
To confirm previous answer: this is a "pro" that protects law-abiding citizens from victimization and from being sued by their would-be attackers if a gun is used in self-defense, or defense of a family member. See the link at thomas.loc.gov, already given for H.R. 17. It's a very short, plainly written bill. |
Sources of InfluenceMAPLight.org reports that the following organizations
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NorthWest Citizens Defense League McHenry County Sportsmen's Association John Birch Society National Association for Gun Rights |
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Follow the link to MAPLight.org to see if campaign contributions from employees of these organizations are correlated with how Members of Congress voted on this bill. Because the U.S. Congress posts most legislative information online one legislative day after events occur, GovTrack is usually one legislative day behind. For more information about where this data comes from, see
About GovTrack.us. H.R. 17--111th Congress: Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2009.
(2009).
In GovTrack.us (database of federal legislation).
Retrieved Nov 21, 2009, from
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-17
"H.R. 17--111th Congress: Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2009."
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2009.
Nov 21, 2009
<http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-17>
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