H.R.17 - Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2009 Sponsor: Roscoe Bartlett / 111th Congress

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111th Congress - 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. hidemore...
Summary
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. (by CRS)
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Not necessary, possibly misleading by Casey Fulmer, Feb 3, 2009 (4:36am)

The substance of this bill aims to affirm the right of individuals to possess and use firearms in defense of self, family, and property. Even some pro-gun individuals feel that this bill is redundant, as the Second Amendment is already commonly interpreted to affirm that right.

A cause for concern is Section 2, ‘Findings’, in which statistics are given which imply that possessing guns are of necessary use in stopping criminal attacks on oneself. However, no mention is made of the fact that kept guns harm or kill non-attackers (bystanders, or unintentional firings) more often than they are fired against attackers. Other aspects of the findings are unclear and likely misleading; I hope that any legislation passed has at least a clearly-defined basis in accurate, honest, and pertinent findings. This bill falls short in that respect.

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