103D CONGRESS  1ST SESSION                                       H. R. 1276     To establish the right to obtain firearms for security, and to use firearms     in defense of self, family, or home, and to provide for the enforcement     of such right.                               =======================                            IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                                    March 10, 1993     Mr. BARTLETT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the     Committee on the Judiciary                                =======================                                         A BILL     To establish the right to obtain firearms for security, and     to use firearms in defense of self, family, or home, and     to provide for the enforcement of such right.            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 "Citizens' Self-Defense     Act of 1993".         SEC. 2. RIGHT TO OBTAIN FIREARMS FOR SECURITY, AND         TO USE FIREARMS IN DEFENSE OF SELF,         FAMILY, OR HOME; ENFORCEMENT.            (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF RIGHT. -- A person not pro-     hibited by Federal law from receiving a firearm shall have     the right to obtain firearms for security, and to use fire-     arms in defense of self, family, or home.            (b) FIREARM DEFINED. -- As used in subsection (a),     the term "firearm" means a --                (1) shotgun (as defined in section 921(a)(5) of         title 18, United States Code);              (2) rifle (as defined in section 921(a)(7) of such         title); or              (3) handgun (as defined in section 10 of Public         law 99-408).          (c) ENFORCEMENT OF RIGHT. --              (1) IN GENERAL. -- A person whose right under         subsection (a) is violated in any manner may bring         an action in any United States district court against         the United States, any State, or any person for         damages, injunctive relief, and such other relief as         the court deems appropriate.              (2) AUTHORITY TO AWARD A REASONABLE AT-         TORNEY'S FEE. -- In an action brought under para-         graph (1), the court, in its discretion, may allow the         prevailing party, other than a State, a reasonable         attorney's fee as part of the costs.          (d) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. -- An action may not     be brought under subsection (c)(1) after the 5-year period     that begins with the date the violation described therein     is discovered.  ------------------------ (end of HR 1276) ------------------------   Well, this sounds good to me.  The key is Section (2)(c)(2), which will effectively open up the Federal court system to all the folks who can't afford to adopt an Attorney with whom to fight city hall. All of you who've been saying "hey, isn't that illegal?" could just go hire your own Attorneys on a pay-if-you-win ("contingency fee") basis, and sue the bums ...   :-)  What you can do now:  (1)  Write your Representative, and ask them to co-sponsor HR 1276.  (2)  Write Representative Roscoe Bartlett, the sponsor --          Representative Roscoe Bartlett         312 Cannon House Office Building         Washington, D.C. 20515       -- to tell him who your own Representative is, and that you've      asked them to join him as a co-sponsor of HR 1276.  (3)  Contact Gun Owners of America --            Gun Owners of America           8001 Forbes Place           Springfield, Virginia 22151       -- which has committed to lobby on behalf of HR 1276.  (4)  For those of us with a RealJob (TM), find out how to reach      Representative Bartlett's campaign fund (I'm working on it)      and toss in a few bucks.  You can bet your bippy that he's      going to be one of the HCI "targets" in the next election,      which isn't that far away (1994).