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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2615 

To restore the second amendment rights of all Americans. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 21, 2011 

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 2011’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF 1993 LAW PROVIDING FOR A WAITING 

2 PERIOD BEFORE THE PURCHASE OF A HAND3 GUN, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NA4 TIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND 

5 CHECK SYSTEM TO BE CONTACTED BY FIRE6 ARMS DEALERS BEFORE THE TRANSFER OF 

7 ANY FIREARM. 

8 Public Law 103–159 is repealed, and any provisions 

9 of law amended or repealed by such Act are restored or 

10 revived as if such Act had not been enacted. 

11 SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF SPORTING PURPOSES DISTINC12 TION. 

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

14 1986 is amended— 

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

16 generally recognized as particularly suitable for 

17 sporting purposes’’; and 

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

19 solely for sporting purposes’’. 

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

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

22 finds is generally recognized as particularly suitable for 

23 sporting purposes’’. 

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

25 second sentence by striking ‘‘which the owner intends to 

26 use solely for sporting, recreational or cultural purposes’’. 


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

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

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

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

5 ‘‘devoted to the collection, competitive use, or other sport6 ing use of firearms in the community’’. 

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

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

9 readily adaptable to sporting purposes’’. 

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

11 striking ‘‘determined by the Attorney General to be gen12 erally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting pur13 poses and’’. 

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

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

16 generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting 

17 purposes, or determined by the Department of Defense to 

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

19 and (B)’’. 

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

21 striking ‘‘and is generally recognized as particularly suit22 able for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes’’. 

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

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1 ognized as particularly suitable for or readily adaptable 

2 to sporting purposes’’. 

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

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

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

6 SEC. 4. REPEAL OF THE CHILD SAFETY LOCK ACT OF 2005. 

7 (a) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18, UNITED STATES

8 CODE.— 

9 (1) Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, 

10 is amended by striking subsection (z). 

11 (2) Section 924 of such title is amended— 

12 (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘(f), 

13 or (p)’’ and inserting ‘‘or (f)’’; and 

14 (B) by striking subsection (p). 

15 (b) REPEALER.—Section 5 of the Protection of Law16 ful Commerce in Arms Act (18 U.S.C. 922 note; 119 Stat. 

17 2099) is repealed. 

18 SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

19 The provisions of this Act shall take effect imme20 diately upon enactment. 

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