107th
CONGRESS 
1st SESSION
H.R.31
To protect 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
JANUARY 3, 2001
MR. BARTLETT of Maryland (for himself, MR. STEARNS, MR. BRADY of Texas,
MR. HALL of Texas, MR. SCHAFFER, MR. HILLEARY, MR. CALLAHAN, MR.
HAYWORTH, MRS. EMERSON, MR. NETHERCUTT, MR. GARCIA, MR. STUMP AND
MR. SIMPSON) introduced the following bill, which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.
A BILL
To protect 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 Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
1 This Act may be cited as the "Citizen's Self-Defense Act of 2001"
SECTION 3. RIGHT TO OBTAIN FIREARMS FOR
SECURITY, AND TO USE FIREARMS IN
DEFENSE OF SELF, FAMILY, OR HOME;
ENFORCEMENT.
1 (a) REAFFIRMATION OF RIGHT. A person not prohibited from
receiving
2 a firearm by Section 922(F)*
of Title 18, shall have the right to
3 obtain firearms for security, and to use firearms
*
These
amount to the general BATF Form 4473 exclusions.
4 (1) in defense of self or family against a reasonably
perceived
5 threat of imminent and unlawful infliction of serious
bodily
6 injury.
7 (2) in defense of self or family in the course of commission
by
8 another person of a violent felony against the person
or a
9 member of the person's family; and
10 (3) in defense of the person's home in the course of the commission
11 of a felony by another person.