PA Bill Number: HB2235
Title: Providing for regulation of the meat packing and food processing industry by creating facility health and safety committees in the workplace; ...
Description: Providing for regulation of the meat packing and food processing industry by creating facility health and safety committees in the workplace; ... ...
Last Action: Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Last Action Date: Apr 25, 2024
A 2nd Amendment Defender in Congress Just Helped Advance a Major Step to Restoring Lost Gun Rights :: 06/04/2015
Those who have lost the right to purchase and obtain a firearm are now one step closer to being able to petition the government for a full restoration of those rights.
The House took a vote late Tuesday night on an amendment to the Justice Department’s annual spending bill that was proposed by Colorado Rep. Ken Buck, a staunch defender of the Second Amendment.
According to The Hill, the amendment would let the Justice Department process restoration applications, which they currently aren’t able to do:
“Current law allows people who cannot legally buy guns to petition their local district court. But legislative riders in place since 1992 prevent the Justice Department from processing the applications.”
While speaking about his amendment, Rep. Buck said that non-violent offenders should be offered a second chance:
“America is a land of second chances. One mistake should not define your future. A law-abiding, 45-year-old dad who made one mistake at 18 should have the choice of how best to protect his family or to take his kids hunting. He should have the chance to make a petition to restore his constitutional right to bear arms. This solution is long overdue.
This bill does not intend in any way, shape, or form to allow a violent criminal to possess a firearm.”
The amendment was passed using a voice vote, which differs from a roll call vote in that there is no actual recording of who voted “yea” and who voted “nay.”
Rep. Buck is the same congressman who made headlines earlier in the year when he was photographed holding a decorative AR-15 with Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) in the Cannon House Office Building.
The House is set to vote on the final passage of the Justice Department’s 2016 funding bill on Wednesday.
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to clarify that the amendment is not yet law.
