National Constitutional Carry Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 645 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 645 To enforce the rights protected by the Second and Fourteenth Amendments against the States. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 23, 2025 Mr. Massie (for himself, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. Burchett, Mr. Burlison, Mr. Cline, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Collins, Mr. Crane, Mr. Gosar, Ms. Greene of Georgia, Mr. Harris of Maryland, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Langworthy, Mrs. Luna, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Moran, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Rose, Mr. Roy, Mr. Self, Mrs. Spartz, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Wied, Mr. Gill of Texas, and Mr. Harrigan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To enforce the rights protected by the Second and Fourteenth Amendments against the States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``National Constitutional Carry Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Recognizing the preexisting right to self-defense, the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees individually to American citizens the right ``to keep and bear arms'', including the right to bear arms in public. (2) The Second Amendment decrees that these rights to keep and bear arms ``shall not be infringed'', and was enumerated in order to preserve ``the security of a free State''. (3) In District of Columbia v. Heller (554 U.S. 570, 595 (2008)), the Supreme Court confirmed that ``[t]here seems to us no doubt, on the basis of both text and history, that the Second Amendment conferred an individual right to keep and b