Firearms Constitutional Amendments

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Bolinger, (Under Contract with Gun Owners Foundation)</B></div> <div> <B>Applicability: (State) For potential use in states that do not have right to keep and bear arms guarantees.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Model Constitutional Amendment, Arms</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Every member of society hath a right to be protected in the enjoyment of life, liberty, and property, and therefore is bound to yield his personal service, when necessary. As the people are the guardians of their right and liberties, the legislature of this state shall make no law restricting the ownership or ability of citizens of this state to bear arms. The right to bear arms may be revoked from a person convicted of any felony, the commission of which was assisted by the use of a firearm. </B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="07ea9320.jpg" border=0 width="425" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Title: The Hanford Proposed Constitutional Amendment for the State of California</B></div> <div> <B>Author: California State Senator Don Rogers</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Submitted by: 2nd Amendment Committee; Bernadine Smith; P.O. Box 1776; Hanford, CA 93232 </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Applicability: (State) To protect the right of the people to keep and bear arms by constitutional amendment</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>The Hanford Proposed Constitutional Amendment for the State of California.</B></div> <div> <B>Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 6</B></div> <div> <B>Introduced by Senator Rogers</B></div> <div> <B>February 6, 1995</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 6--A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by adding Section 1.5 to Article I thereof, relating to the right to keep and bear arms.</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST</B></div> <div> <B>SCA 6, as introduced, Rogers. Right to keep and bear arms.</B></div> <div> <B>The 2nd Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "[a] well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."</B></div> <div> <B>The California Constitution does not include any provision concerning the right of the people to keep and bear arms.</B></div> <div> <B>This measure, among other things, would declare that the right of the people to keep and bear arms, individually and collectively, is an unalienable, inherent, and natural right, acknowledged in the common law, confirmed by the 2nd Amendment to the United States Constitution, and secured by the Act for the Admission of California into the Union; and that the full and necessary exercise, affiliated activity, and benefits of this right are reaffirmed, guaranteed, and protected from all infringements.</B></div> <div> <B>The measure would specify that the restraints in the provisions of the measure also shall apply to purported treaties, related legislation, to executive orders, and to martial law, and that all constitutional provisions, state laws, and local governmental ordinances that are inconsistent with these provisions are inoperative.</B></div> <div> <B>The measure, in addition, would provide that no part of these provisions shall be unconstitutional, as they are in support of the text of the original United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and they sustain that which is already fundamental law. However, the measure would provide that if any part of this section is questioned, the questioned part shall remain in full force and effect until such time that it has been finally adjudged to be contrary to the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights, as well as the purposes, reasonings, and discourses of the nation's founders.</B></div> <div> <B>Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1 </B><I><B>Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, </B></I><B>That </B></div> <div> <B>2 the Legislature of the State of California at its 1995-96</B></div> <div> <B>3 Regular Session commencing on the fifth day of </B></div> <div> <B>4 December 1994, two-thirds of the membership of each </B></div> <div> <B>5 house concurring, hereby proposes to the people of the </B></div> <div> <B>6 State of California that the Constitution of the State be </B></div> <div> <B>7 amended by adding Section 1.5 to Article I thereof, to </B></div> <div> <B>8 read:</B></div> <div> <B>9 SEC. 1.5. (a) The right of the people to keep and </B></div> <div> <B>10 bear arms, individually and collectively, is an unalienable </B></div> <div> <B>11 inherent, and natural right, acknowledged in the</B></div> <div> <B>12 common law, confirmed by the Second Amendment to </B></div> <div> <B>13 the United States Constitution, and secured by the Act for </B></div> <div> <B>14 the Admission of California into the Union. The full and</B></div> <div> <B>15 necessary exercise, affiliated activity, and benefits of this </B></div> <div> <B>16 right are herein reaffirmed, guaranteed, and protected </B></div> <div> <B>17 hereby from all infringements.</B></div> <div> <B>18 (b) For purposes of clarification, and to prevent </B></div> <div> <B>19 misconstruing, this right shall be interpreted so as to </B></div> <div> <B>20 coincide and adhere to the reasonings and discourses </B></div> <div> <B>21 made in behalf of the Second Amendment to the United </B></div> <div> <B>22 States Constitution by the nation's founders who</B></div> <div> <B>23 authored or otherwise contributed to the formation of</B></div> <div> <B>24 that amendment, and so as to conform to the definitions</B></div> <div> <B>25 in use at that time.</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>(Page break in original)</B></div> <div> <B>1 (c) The intent of this section is to reaffirm, clarify, and </B></div> <div> <B>2 protect the right of the people of this State to, but not be </B></div> <div> <B>3 limited to, purchase, own, possess, advertise, sell, lease, </B></div> <div> <B>4 loan, manufacture, transport, or use arms and </B></div> <div> <B>5 ammunition for the defense of person, family, home, </B></div> <div> <B>6 property, and liberty; for the defense and safety of the </B></div> <div> <B>7 State; and for sport and recreation. This section shall not </B></div> <div> <B>8 apply to convicted violent felons, nor to any individual </B></div> <div> <B>9 who has been found by a court to be a danger to others </B></div> <div> <B>10 as a result of mental disorder or mental illness.</B></div> <div> <B>11 (d) No public official, whether elected or nonelected, </B></div> <div> <B>12 in this state or its subdivisions, nor the Legislature, nor </B></div> <div> <B>13 any other public body, shall deny, curtail, prohibit, or tax </B></div> <div> <B>14 the right of the people to keep and bear arms; nor enact, </B></div> <div> <B>15 nor participate in the execution of, any law which in any </B></div> <div> <B>16 style, form, or manner constitutes the registration of the </B></div> <div> <B>17 people's firearms or ammunition; nor require the </B></div> <div> <B>18 licensing of individuals; nor promote a reduction in the </B></div> <div> <B>19 availability of firearms, their components or related </B></div> <div> <B>20 accessories; nor promote a reduction in the quality of </B></div> <div> <B>21 ammunition, nor reduce its availability; nor take any </B></div> <div> <B>22 action to promote, or to engage in, the confiscation of </B></div> <div> <B>23 firearms, which includes weapons of defense, well-suited </B></div> <div> <B>24 to fend off invasion.</B></div> <div> <B>25 (e) The right to keep and bear arms and ammunition </B></div> <div> <B>26 shall not be infringed or revoked by any branch of </B></div> <div> <B>27 government, or from any other source, by reason of, but </B></div> <div> <B>28 not limited to, ordinances or other acts of local or State </B></div> <div> <B>29 governments, or any other legislation which subverts the </B></div> <div> <B>30 intent of this section. These restraints also shall apply to </B></div> <div> <B>31 purported treaties, to related legislation, to executive</B></div> <div> <B>32 orders, and to martial rule.</B></div> <div> <B>33 (f) All constitutional provisions, State laws, and local </B></div> <div> <B>34 governmental ordinances that are inconsistent with this </B></div> <div> <B>35 section are inoperative. The provisions of this section shall </B></div> <div> <B>36 be self-executing.</B></div> <div> <B>37 (g) No part of this section is unconstitutional, as it is in </B></div> <div> <B>38 support of the text of the original United States </B></div> <div> <B>39 Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and it sustains that </B></div> <div> <B>40 which is already fundamental law. If any part of this</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>(page break in original)</B></div> <div> <B>1 section is questioned, the questioned part shall remain in </B></div> <div> <B>2 full force and effect until such time that it has been finally </B></div> <div> <B>3 adjudged to be contrary to the United States Constitution </B></div> <div> <B>4 and the Bill of Rights, as well as the purposes, reasonings,</B></div> <div> <B>5 and discourses of the nation's founders.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>