,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #djac  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #e1     
#bjbf,mr4 ,lee introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to enforce the rights protected
 by the ,second and ,fourteenth         
,amendments against the ,states4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,national ,constitutional ,carry    
,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the
 following3 7#a7 ,recognizing the       
preexisting right to self-defense1 the  
,second ,amendment to the ,constitution 
of the ,united ,states guarantees       
individually to ,united ,states citizens
 the right to keep and bear arms1       
including the right to bear arms in     
public4  7#b7 ,the ,second ,amendment   
decrees that these rights to keep and   
bear arms shall not be infringed1 and   
was enumerated in order to preserve the 
security of a free ,state4  7#c7 ,in    
,district of ,columbia v4 ,heller1 #eed 

,u4,s4 #egj1 #eie 7#bjjh71 the ,supreme 
,court of the ,united ,states confirmed 
that there seems to us no doubt1 on the 
basis of both text and history1 that the
 ,second ,amendment conferred an        
individual right to keep and bear arms4 
7#d7 ,in ,mc,donald v4 ,city of         
,chicago1 #efa ,u4,s4 #gdb1 #gia        
7#bjaj71 the ,supreme ,court ruled that 
the ,fourteenth ,amendment to the       
,constitution of the ,united ,states    
makes the ,second ,amendment fully      
applicable to the ,states4 ,four        
,justices concluded that the rights     
protected by the ,second ,amendment are 
fundamental to the ,nation's scheme of  
ordered liberty and deeply rooted in the
 ,nation's history and tradition1 and   
therefore incorporated to the ,states   
through the ,due ,process ,clause of the
 ,fourteenth ,amendment4 ,justice       
,clarence ,thomas agreed that the rights
 protected by the ,second ,amendment are
 both fundamental and deeply rooted and1
 as such1 are enforceable against the   

,states under the ,privileges and       
,immunities ,clause of the ,fourteenth  
,amendment4  7#e7 ,recently1 the        
,supreme ,court acknowledged in ,new    
,york ,state ,rifle  ,pistol            
,association v4 ,bruen1 #adb ,s4 ,ct4   
#baaa1 #baef 7#bjbb71 that the ,second  
and ,fourteenth ,amendments protect the 
individual right to carry arms outside  
the home for self-defense4 ,further1 the
 ,court reiterated that the ,second     
,amendment's otherwise unqualified      
command only accommodates laws that are 
consistent with this ,nation's          
historical tradition of firearm         
regulation4 ,id4 at #babf4  7#f7        
,certain ,states and localities have    
enacted gun control laws that are not   
consistent with the text of the ,second 
,amendment or this ,nation's historical 
tradition of firearm regulation4 ,the   
criminalization of peaceable1 public    
firearms carry is repugnant to the      
original meaning of the ,second         
,amendment4  7#g7 ,any ,state or local  

restriction on the right of ,united     
,states citizens to keep and bear arms  
impairs the ability of the ,second      
,amendment to achieve its textually     
specified purpose1 the security of a    
free ,state4  #c4 ,the right to keep and
 bear arms  7a7 ,in general ,section    
#ibg of title #ah1 ,united ,states      
,code1 is amended to read as follows3   
#ibg4 ,the right to keep and bear arms  
7a7 ,prohibition on limiting the        
carrying of firearms in public ,no      
,state or political subdivision of a    
,state may impose a criminal or civil   
penalty on1 or otherwise indirectly     
limit the carrying of firearms          
7including by imposing a financial or   
other barrier to entry7 in public by    
residents or nonresidents of that ,state
 who are citizens of the ,united ,states
 and otherwise eligible to possess      
firearms under ,state and ,federal law4 
7b7 ,invalidity of certain ,state and   
local laws ,any statute1 ordinance1     
regulation1 custom1 or usage of a ,state

 or a political subdivision of a ,state 
that criminalizes1 penalizes1 or        
otherwise indirectly dissuades the      
carrying of firearms 7including by      
imposing a financial or other barrier to
 entry7 in public by any resident or    
nonresident who is a citizen of the     
,united ,states and otherwise eligible  
to possess firearms under ,state and    
,federal law1 shall have no force or    
effect4  7c7 ,definitions ,for purposes 
of this section3 7#a7 ,firearm          
,notwithstanding section #iba1 the term 
firearm includes-- 7,a7 any firearm1 as 
defined in section #iba7;a77#c72  7,b7  
any ammunition feeding device for use in
 a firearm1 as defined in section       
#iba7;a77#c72 and  7,c7 any ammunition1 
as defined in section                   
#iba7;a77#ag77;,a74  7#b7 ,public ,the  
term public-- 7,a7 includes any place   
held open to the public1 regardless of  
ownership1 but in the case of a         
privately owned location held open to   
the public1 does not include a place    

where the owner communicates clearly and
 conspicuously a prohibition of firearms
 on the premises2 and  7,b7 does not    
include a place where screening for     
firearms is conducted under ,state law4 
7#c7 ,state ,the term ,state includes   
the ,district of ,columbia1 the         
,commonwealth of ,puerto ,rico1 and the 
possessions of the ,united ,states 7not 
including the ,canal ,zone74  4  7b7    
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
sections for such chapter is amended by 
striking the item relating to section   
#ibg and inserting the following3  #ibg4
 ,the right to keep and bear arms4  4