2006
Protect Second Amendment – Emergency or Not
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To quote H.R. 5013: “In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, certain agencies confiscated the firearms of [citizens of the State of Louisiana], in contravention of the Second Amendment, depriving these citizens of the right to keep and bear arms and rendering them helpless against criminal activity.”
The “Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act of 2006” (H.R. 5013 in the House and S. 2599 in the Senate) would prohibit federal law enforcement officers, military officers, or others operating under federal law or receiving federal funds, while operating in support of an emergency relief operation, from seizing any firearm that would normally be legal to possess.
Additionally, officials may not require registration of any firearm, or prohibit possession of any firearm, if such actions would not normally be required in non-emergency situations. They may also not order the disarming of persons otherwise authorized to carry firearms, simply because those individuals are operating under the control of a federal agency in an emergency relief operation.
This legislation would prevent the opening of an impending loophole in the Second Amendment. Would-be tyrants could brand any situation an “emergency” in order to suspend the right to keep and bear arms. H.R. 5013/S. 2599 would nip that idea in the bud. The proposal has 106 cosponsors in the House and 13 in the Senate.
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