Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that President Biden's gun policies are unconstitutional and should never be approved.

IV 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 388 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that President Biden’s gun policies are unconstitutional and should never be approved. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 12, 2021 Mr. DESJARLAIS (for himself, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. BUDD, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. PERRY, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. KEL- LER, Mr. ROSE, Mr. ADERHOLT, and Mrs. MILLER of Illinois) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju- diciary RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that President Biden’s gun policies are unconstitutional and should never be approved. Whereas the right of the people to keep and bear arms is en- shrined in our Constitution as the Second Amendment; Whereas our Nation’s Founders believed this right to be fun- damental for Americans to protect themselves and the state of freedom; Whereas President Biden has directly attacked this right by issuing numerous Executive orders and calling for strict- er gun control policies; VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:08 May 13, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR388.IH HR388 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 388 IH Whereas President Biden’s Executive actions on pistol-braced firearms are an unconstitutional attack on Americans ex- ercising their Second Amendment rights; Whereas President Biden’s Executive actions on homemade firearms, such as 3D printed firearm files or unfinished receiver blanks, are an unconstitutional attack on Ameri- cans exercising their Second Amendment rights; Whereas President Biden has called for Congress to pass un- constitutional laws requiring background checks on all firearm transfers, unconstitutionally banning ‘‘assault weapons’’ and ‘‘high-capacity magazines’’, and holding law-abiding gun manufacturers liable for the acts of criminals; Whereas President Biden’s gun restriction proposals would effectively ban commonly owned firearms and magazines used for lawful purposes; Whereas President Biden’s gun restriction proposals would criminalize private firearm transfers; and Whereas President Biden’s gun restriction proposals would seek to hold gun manufacturers and dealers civilly liable, encouraging abuse of the court system to drive them out of business through meritless litigation: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep- 1 resentatives that— 2 (1) it should be the policy of the United States 3 to strengthen the Second Amendment rights of 4 Americans and prevent the potential erosion of these 5 rights; and 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:08 May 13, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR388.IH HR388 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 388 IH (2) Congress should never stop fighting to pro- 1 tect the Second Amendment. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:08 May 13, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR388.IH HR388 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS