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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 1701 (Introduced in House) — To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia. · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Reforming D.C. council’s authority to restrict firearms

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Section 4 of the Act entitled An Act to prohibit the killing of wild birds and wild animals in the District of Columbia , approved June 30, 1906 (34 Stat. 809; sec. 1–303.43, D.C. Official Code), is amended by adding at the end the following: Nothing in this section or any other provision of law shall authorize, or shall be construed to permit, the Council, the Mayor, or any governmental or regulatory authority of the District of Columbia to prohibit, constructively prohibit, or unduly burden the ability of persons not prohibited from possessing firearms under Federal law from acquiring, possessing in their homes or businesses, carrying, transporting, or using for sporting, self-protection, or other lawful purposes, any firearm neither prohibited by Federal law nor subject to . chapter 53 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (commonly referred to as the ).
The District of Columbia shall not have authority to enact laws or regulations that discourage or eliminate the private ownership or use of firearms for legitimate purposes. National Firearms Act
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