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112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2615
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 21, 2011
Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To restore the second amendment rights of all Americans.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Second Amendment Protection Act of
2011
.
Repeal of 1993 law providing for a waiting period before the purchase of a handgun, and the establishment of a national instant criminal background check system to be contacted by firearms dealers before the transfer of any firearm
Public Law 103–159 is repealed, and any provisions of law amended or repealed by such Act are restored or revived as if such Act had not been enacted.
Elimination of sporting purposes distinction
Section 5845(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—
by striking which the Secretary
finds is generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting
purposes
; and
by striking
which the owner intends to use solely for sporting
purposes
.
Section
921(a)(4)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking
which the Attorney General finds is generally recognized as particularly
suitable for sporting purposes
.
Section 921(a)(4)
of such title is amended in the second sentence by striking which the
owner intends to use solely for sporting, recreational or cultural
purposes
.
Section
921(a)(17)(C) of such title is amended by striking a projectile which
the Attorney General finds is primarily intended to be used for sporting
purposes,
.
Section 923(j) of
such title is amended by striking devoted to the collection, competitive
use, or other sporting use of firearms in the community
.
Section 922(r) of
such title is amended by striking of this chapter as not being
particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting
purposes
.
Section 925(a)(3)
of such title is amended by striking determined by the Attorney General
to be generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes
and
.
Section 925(a)(4)
of such title is amended by striking (A) determined by the Attorney
General to be generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting
purposes, or determined by the Department of Defense to be a type of firearm
normally classified as a war souvenir, and (B)
.
Section 925(d)(3)
of such title is amended by striking and is generally recognized as
particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting
purposes
.
Section 925(e)(2)
of such title is amended by striking , provided that such handguns are
generally recognized as particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to
sporting purposes
.
Section 922 of
such title is amended in each of subsections (a)(5), (a)(9), and (b)(3) by
striking lawful sporting purposes
and inserting lawful
purposes
.
Repeal of the Child Safety Lock Act of 2005
Amendments to title 18, united states code
Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (z).
Section 924 of such title is amended—
in subsection
(a)(1), by striking (f), or (p)
and inserting or
(f)
; and
by striking subsection (p).
Repealer
Section 5 of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (18 U.S.C. 922 note; 119 Stat. 2099) is repealed.
Effective date
The provisions of this Act shall take effect immediately upon enactment.
