H.R. 5150 is up on Thomas
This is the “Second Amendment Enforcement Act“, announced by the NRA in this presser, introduced by Senators John McCain, et al.
You will note that the actual bill number is nowhere in the release. I still don’t get this, because if you read the bill itself – even with it not being inline with the actual U. S. code D.C. law – it’s still fairly easy to understand. It’s well organized and clearly was meant to be read by the public.
That’s actually the point, I’d wager. Not having the bill attached to the bill that gives D.C. residents representation in Congress by an unconstitutional method, means that this bill pretty much has a snowflake’s chance in hell of being signed by Obama. So this is a bill that’s not actually meant to be passed, its only meant to enhance the NRA cred of some critters.
ETA: good catch by Sebastian, see below in comments.
Sebastian Says :
It’s not modifying the United States Code, it’s modifying the DC Code. They are two separate bodies of law.
This is a completely valid bill from the perspective of repealing DC’s gun laws. Does it have much of a chance of passing into law? I don’t think so. So certainly politicians will use it for political purposes on both sides in the Senate. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing, because we can use their votes for political purposes as well.
2010-04-30 11:23 PermalinkStandard Mischief Says :
Thanks for the catch.
Yea, it’s pretty much a retread of HR-6691-2008, and I’m sure it’s been around before that too.
All in all `wc -w` has this bill clocking in at 3562 words, a quick and easy read.
2010-04-30 13:21 Permalink