4/28/14: This month, the US Supreme Court met privately to discuss the latest cases seeking review — including a Second Amendment case. According to the Court's docket, two meetings involved discussion of Drake v. Jerejian, a Second Amendment case centering on the constitutionality of New Jersey's Handgun Permit Law. The issues before the Court are (1) whether the Second Amendment secures a right to carry handguns outside the home for self-defense; and (2) whether New Jersey officials violate the Second Amendment by requiring that individuals wishing to exercise their right to carry a handgun for self-defense first prove a “justifiable need” for doing so. (Source: SCOTUSblog)

As the Supreme Court considers whether to take this case, we thought it was a good time to see what Congress is considering regarding the Second Amendment, firearms and gun control.

Second Amendment, Firearms and Gun Control Legislation

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Recently Introduced

Relating to Banning Specific Weapons and Ammunition

Relating to Background Checks

Relating to Trafficking

Relating to Enforcement

Relating to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty

HR 575 The Second Amendment Protection Act: The US should not adopt any treaty that poses a threat to national sovereignty or abridges any rights guaranteed by the US Constitution, such as the right to keep and bear arms, and to withhold funding from the United Nations unless the President certifies that the United Nations has not taken action to restrict, attempt to restrict, or otherwise adversely infringe upon the rights of individuals in the US to keep and bear arms, or abridge any of the other constitutionally protected rights of US citizens.

The US should not adopt any treaty that poses a threat to national sovereignty or abridges any rights guaranteed by the US Constitution, such as the right to keep and bear arms, and to withhold funding from the United Nations unless the President certifies that the United Nations has not taken action to restrict, attempt to restrict, or otherwise adversely infringe upon the rights of individuals in the US to keep and bear arms, or abridge any of the other constitutionally protected rights of US citizens. HCR 23 House Resolution expressing concerns about the US becoming a signatory to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, or to any similar agreement on the arms trade.

expressing concerns about the US becoming a signatory to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, or to any similar agreement on the arms trade. SCR 7 Senate Resolution expressing concerns about the US becoming a signatory to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, or to any similar agreement on the arms trade.

Relating to the Second Amendment

Relating to Children and Schools

Relating to the Sale of Firearms and Ammunition

Relating to Gun Buybacks

Relating to Concealed Carry

Relating to Veterans and Active Duty Servicemembers

Relating to Licensing, Registration and Tracking Purchases

Related to Hunting and Recreational Shooting

Other Bills

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