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16 U.S. Code § 1a–7b - Protection of right of individuals to bear arms | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
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16 U.S. Code § 1a–7b - Protection of right of individuals to bear arms
§ 1a–7b.
(a) Congressional findingsCongress finds the following:
Section 27.42 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, provides that, except in special circumstances, citizens of the United States may not “possess, use, or transport firearms on national wildlife refuges” of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
The regulations described in paragraph (2) prevent individuals complying with Federal and State laws from exercising the 2d amendment rights of the individuals while at units of the National Wildlife Refuge System.
The existence of different laws relating to the transportation and possession of firearms at different units of the National Wildlife Refuge System entrapped law-abiding gun owners while at units of the National Wildlife Refuge System.
Congress needs to weigh in on the new regulations to ensure that unelected bureaucrats and judges cannot again override the 2d amendment rights of law-abiding citizens on 90,790,000 acres of land under the jurisdiction of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
Federal laws should make it clear that the 2d amendment rights of an individual at a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System should not be infringed.
(b) Protection of right of individuals to bear arms in units of the National Wildlife Refuge SystemThe Secretary shall not promulgate or enforce any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm, including an assembled or functional firearm, in any unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System if—
the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the State in which the unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System is located.
(Pub. L. 111–24, title V, § 512, May 22, 2009, 123 Stat. 1764; Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 4(d), 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3263, 3272.)
2014—Pub. L. 113–287, § 7, which directed repeal of this section insofar as it related to the National Park System, could not be executed because of the general amendment by Pub. L. 113–287, § 4(d), which made section applicable only to the National Wildlife Refuge System. See below. For provisions related to the National Park System, see section 104906 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs.
Pub. L. 113–287, § 4(d), amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to the right of Americans to exercise their Second Amendment rights in the National Park System and the National Wildlife Refuge System.