PRINTER'S NO. 1969
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1553
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY GABLER, KAIL, BARRAR, BERNSTINE, CAUSER, COX, FEE,
GILLEN, GROVE, HICKERNELL, IRVIN, JAMES, JONES, KAUFFMAN,
KEEFER, M. K. KELLER, MASSER, METCALFE, METZGAR, MILLARD,
B. MILLER, NELSON, OBERLANDER, PYLE, RAPP, READSHAW, RYAN,
SAYLOR, STAATS, STRUZZI, WHEELAND AND ZIMMERMAN, JUNE 3, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 3, 2019
AN ACT
Prohibiting certain firearms, firearms accessories or ammunition
from being subject to Federal law or Federal regulation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Firearms
Freedom Act.
Section 2. Findings and declarations.
The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) The 10th amendment to the Constitution of the United
States guarantees to the states and their people all powers
not granted to the Federal Government elsewhere in the
Constitution and reserves to the Commonwealth and people of
Pennsylvania certain powers as they were understood at the
time that Pennsylvania was admitted to statehood in 1787. The
guaranty of those powers is a matter of contract between the
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