I 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Second Amendment 
Protection Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPEAL OF 1993 LAW PROVIDING FOR A WAITING 
PERIOD BEFORE THE PURCHASE OF A HAND-
GUN, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NA-
TIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND 
CHECK SYSTEM TO BE CONTACTED BY FIRE-
ARMS DEALERS BEFORE THE TRANSFER OF 
ANY FIREARM. 
Public Law 103–159 is repealed, and any provisions 
of law amended or repealed by such Act are restored or 
revived as if such Act had not been enacted. 
SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF SPORTING PURPOSES DISTINC-
TION. 
(a) Section 5845(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘which the Secretary finds is 
generally recognized as particularly suitable for 
sporting purposes’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘which the owner intends to use 
solely for sporting purposes’’. 
(b) Section 921(a)(4)(B) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘which the Attorney General 
finds is generally recognized as particularly suitable for 
sporting purposes’’. 
(c) Section 921(a)(4) of such title is amended in the 
second sentence by striking ‘‘which the owner intends to 
use solely for sporting, recreational or cultural purposes’’. 
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(d) Section 921(a)(17)(C) of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘a projectile which the Attorney General finds 
is primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes,’’. 
(e) Section 923(j) of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘devoted to the collection, competitive use, or other sport-
ing use of firearms in the community’’. 
(f) Section 922(r) of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘of this chapter as not being particularly suitable for or 
readily adaptable to sporting purposes’’. 
(g) Section 925(a)(3) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘determined by the Attorney General to be gen-
erally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting pur-
poses and’’. 
(h) Section 925(a)(4) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘(A) determined by the Attorney General to be 
generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting 
purposes, or determined by the Department of Defense to 
be a type of firearm normally classified as a war souvenir, 
and (B)’’. 
(i) Section 925(d)(3) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘and is generally recognized as particularly suit-
able for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes’’. 
(j) Section 925(e)(2) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘, provided that such handguns are generally rec-
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ognized as particularly suitable for or readily adaptable 
to sporting purposes’’. 
(k) Section 922 of such title is amended in each of 
subsections (a)(5), (a)(9), and (b)(3) by striking ‘‘lawful 
sporting purposes’’ and inserting ‘‘lawful purposes’’. 
SEC. 4. REPEAL OF THE CHILD SAFETY LOCK ACT OF 2005. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18, UNITED STATES 
CODE.— 
(1) Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by striking subsection (z). 
(2) Section 924 of such title is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘(f), 
or (p)’’ and inserting ‘‘or (f)’’; and 
(B) by striking subsection (p). 
(b) REPEALER.—Section 5 of the Protection of Law-
ful Commerce in Arms Act (18 U.S.C. 922 note; 119 Stat. 
2099) is repealed. 
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The provisions of this Act shall take effect imme-
diately upon enactment. 
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