,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #dj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,january #bb1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,gingrey of ,georgia submitted the 
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,oversight and    
,government ,reform  ,,resolution       
,expressing the sense of the ,house of  
,representatives that active duty       
military personnel who are stationed or 
residing in the ,district of ,columbia  
should be permitted to exercise fully   
their rights under the ,second          
,amendment to the ,constitution of the  
,united ,states4  ,whereas the ,second  
,amendment to the ,united ,states       
,constitution provides3 #8,a well       
regulated ,militia1 being necessary to  
the security of a free ,state1 the right
 of the people to keep and bear ,arms   
shall not be infringed4'2 ,whereas      
approximately #dj1jjj servicemen and    
women across all branches of the ,armed 
,forces either live in or are stationed 
on active duty within the ,washington1  

,,dc metropolitan area1 and unless these
 individuals are granted a waiver as    
serving in a law enforcement role1 they 
are subject to the ,district of         
,columbia's onerous and highly          
restrictive laws on the possession of   
firearms2 ,whereas military personnel1  
despite being extensively trained in the
 proper and safe use of firearms1 are   
therefore deprived by the laws of the   
,district of ,columbia of handguns1     
rifles1 and shotguns that are commonly  
kept by law-abiding persons throughout  
the ,united ,states for sporting use and
 for lawful defense of their persons1   
homes1 businesses1 and families2        
,whereas the ,district of ,columbia has 
one of the highest per capita murder    
rates in the ,nation1 which may be      
attributed in part to previous local    
laws prohibiting possession of firearms 
by law-abiding persons who would have   
otherwise been able to defend themselves
 and their loved ones in their own homes
 and businesses2 ,whereas the ,gun      

,control ,act of #aifh1 as amended by   
the ,firearms ,owners' ,protection ,act1
 and the ,brady ,handgun ,violence      
,prevention ,act1 provide comprehensive 
,federal regulations applicable in the  
,district of ,columbia as elsewhere1 and
 existing ,district of ,columbia        
criminal laws punish possession and     
illegal use of firearms by violent      
criminals and felons2 consequently1     
there is no need for local laws that    
only affect and disarm law-abiding      
citizens2 ,whereas1 on ,june #bf1 #bjjh1
 the ,supreme ,court of the ,united     
,states in the case of ,district of     
,columbia v4 ,heller held that the      
,second ,amendment protects an          
individual's right to possess a firearm 
for traditionally lawful purposes1 and  
thus ruled that the ,district of        
,columbia's handgun ban and requirements
 that rifles and shotguns in the home be
 kept unloaded and disassembled or      
outfitted with a trigger lock to be     
unconstitutional2 ,whereas1 on ,july    

#af1 #bjjh1 the ,district of ,columbia  
enacted the ,firearms ,control          
,emergency ,amendment ,act of #bjjh     
7,d4,c4 ,act #ag-dbb2 #ee ,,dcr #hbcg71 
which places onerous restrictions on the
 ability of law-abiding citizens from   
possessing firearms1 thus violating the 
spirit by which the ,supreme ,court of  
the ,united ,states ruled in ,district  
of ,columbia v4 ,heller2 and ,whereas1  
on ,february #bf1 #bjji1 the ,united    
,states ,senate adopted an amendment on 
a bipartisan vote of #fb-cf by ,senator 
,john ,ensign to ,s4 #afj1 the ,district
 of ,columbia ,house ,voting ,rights    
,act of #bjji1 which would fully restore
 ,second ,amendment rights to the       
citizens of the ,district of ,columbia3 
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that it is the 
sense of the ,house of ,representatives 
that active duty military personnel who 
are stationed or residing in the        
,district of ,columbia should be        
permitted to exercise fully their rights
 under the ,second ,amendment to the    

,constitution of the ,united ,states and
 therefore should be exempt from the    
,district of ,columbia's restrictions on
 the possession of firearms4