HJ 61 IH
105th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 61

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to
clarify the meaning of the Second Amendment. 

                 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                          March 6, 1997

Mr.  OWENS introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary

                        JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to
clarify the meaning of the Second Amendment.  [Italic->] Resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein),
[<-Italic] That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents
and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the
legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years
after the date of its submission for ratification:

                           `ARTICLE --

`The right enumerated in the second article of amendment to the
Constitution of the United States shall be construed as a right of
States and not of individuals.'.