Dear Mr. --------:
Thank you for informing me of your support for H.R. 2613, the Citizens Protection Act of 2011. Your thoughts on this important matter are most welcome and appreciated.
As you know, Representative Ron Paul (TX) re-introduced the Citizens Protection Act, now enumerated H.R. 2613, on July 21, 2011. If enacted, this legislation would repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990, thereby allowing firearms on and near school property. Presently, H.R. 2424 awaits action in the House Judiciary Committee.
The Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States clearly expresses the division of powers between the federal Government and the states saying, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively or to the people." As a firm defender of both our constitutionally recognized right to keep and bear arms and federalism, I staunchly oppose the federal government usurping the powers of the sovereign states, as this well-intentioned bill would unfortunately do. For we must ever remember the best defense against the federal government arbitrarily and capriciously infringing or terminating our Second Amendment rights is to leave all such regulatory powers in the hands of the sovereign states and, most importantly, their ultimately sovereign citizens.
Rest assured, your thoughts on this matter will be remembered during the 112th Congress. Again, thank you for contacting me, and for all you do for our community and our country. Should you have any further comments or questions on this or any other issue, please contact me at my office in Livonia , Milford , or Washington , D.C.
I work for you.