H.R. 8297
District of Columbia Firearm Freedom Act
Sponsor: Dan Crenshaw · 0 cosponsors
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Congress finds the following:
(1) Article I, section 8, clause 17 of the Constitution grants Congress plenary legislative authority over the District of Columbia.
(2) The Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to keep and bear arms, and the District must maintain laws consistent with that constitutional guarantee.
(3) United States citizens visiting the National Capital and those who reside or work in the District should not have their constitutionally protected Second Amendment rights infringed.
(4) The District’s regulatory structure has imposed undue burdens on legal gun owners and residents wishing to be legal gun owners, prior restraints on purchasing and concealed carrying firearms, and feature-based restrictions that unduly burden lawful acquisition, possession, and carrying of firearms by responsible residents and visitors.
I End Prior Approval and Registration System
II Common Firearms Protection; Ban Feature-Based Prohibitions; Repeal of prohibition on large capacity ammunition feeding device
III Concealed Constitutional Carry
IV Modernize Commerce: District Residents as In-State Buyers for Virginia and Maryland Federal Firearm License Purchases
V Preemption, Enforcement, and Effective Date