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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1703 

To restore the second amendment rights of all Americans. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 19, 2005 

Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 

for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 

for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 

committee concerned 

A BILL 

To restore the second amendment rights of all Americans. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Second Amendment 

5 Protection Act of 2005’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF FEDERAL HARASSMENT PERIOD. 

7 Public Law 103–159 is repealed, and any provisions 

8 of law amended or repealed by such Act are restored or 

9 revived as if such Act had not been enacted. 
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1 SEC. 3. REPEAL OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL DISTINCTION. 

2 (a) Section 5845(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

3 1986 is amended— 

4 (1) by striking ‘‘which the Secretary finds is 

5 generally recognized as particularly suitable for 

6 sporting purposes’’; and 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘which the owner intends to use 

8 solely for sporting purposes’’. 

9 (b) Section 921(a)(4)(B) of title 18, United States 

10 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘which the Attorney General 

11 finds is generally recognized as particularly suitable for 

12 sporting purposes’’. 

13 (c) Section 921(a)(4) of such title is amended in the 

14 2nd sentence by striking ‘‘which the owner intends to use 

15 solely for sporting, recreational, or cultural purposes’’. 

16 (d) Section 921(a)(17)(C) of such title is amended 

17 by striking ‘‘a projectile which the Attorney General finds 

18 is primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes,’’. 

19 (e) Section 923(j) of such title is amended by striking 

20 ‘‘devoted to the collection, competitive use, or other sport21 ing use of firearms in the community’’. 

22 (f) Section 922(r) of such title is amended by striking 

23 ‘‘of this chapter as not being particularly suitable for or 

24 readily adaptable to sporting purposes’’. 

25 (g) Section 925(a)(3) of such title is amended by 

26 striking ‘‘determined by the Attorney General to be gen-
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1 erally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting pur2 poses and’’. 

3 (h) Section 925(a)(4) of such title is amended by 

4 striking ‘‘(A) determined by the Attorney General to be 

5 generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting 

6 purposes, or determined by the Department of Defense to 

7 be a type of firearm normally classified as a war souvenir, 

8 and (B)’’. 

9 (i) Section 925(d)(3) of such title is amended by 

10 striking ‘‘and is generally recognized as particularly suit11 able for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes’’. 

12 (j) Section 925(e)(2) of such title is amended by 

13 striking ‘‘provided that such handguns are generally rec14 ognized as particularly suitable for or readily adaptable 

15 to sporting purposes’’. 

16 (k) Section 922 of such title is amended in each of 

17 subsections (a)(5), (a)(9), and (b)(3) by striking ‘‘lawful 

18 sporting purposes’’ and inserting ‘‘lawful purposes’’. 

19 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

20 The provisions of this Act shall take effect imme21 diately upon enactment. 

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