01/08/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 02/08/2024 07:03
August 1, 2024
Washington, D.C.- Today, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced legislation to shield law-abiding gun owners in Wyoming from Democrats' blatant Second Amendment infringements. The Lawful Purpose and Historical Firearms Act not only protects the people of Wyoming's right to own and use firearms for lawful purposes but preserves our nation's firearms heritage by allowing museums and researchers to have access to a wide variety of weaponry to display for the public.
"Wyoming is home to some of the most impressive firearm museums in the country, yet the Biden-Harris administration's latest attack on our Second Amendment rights threatens to limit museum's access to certain historical weapons and make it harder to share these important parts of our history with other nations," said Lummis. "The Second Amendment could not be clearer, and we have a responsibility to protect law-abiding Wyoming citizens and museums from this administration's gun-grabbing policies."
"This critical legislation would serve as a firewall against future anti-gun administrations bypassing Congress and imposing gun control measures," said Randy Kozuch, Executive Director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA). "Senator Lummis' bill would also ensure that all lawful purposes, including self-defense, would have to be given due consideration and respect in the administration of federal law. On behalf of our millions of members nationwide, we thank Senator Lummis for taking the lead on these important and necessary reforms."
"Not many people know that non-government museums are bound by firearms laws in the United States," said George Mocsary, Professor of Law and Director of the Firearms Research Center at the University of Wyoming. "As a result, many historically significant artifacts are destroyed because they cannot be legally possessed by non-governmental entities. No matter where one sits on the political debate regarding firearms, a desire to preserveour nation's history should be universal. Artifacts connect us to a time and place and we learn, for better or worse, who we are, and who we want to be. It's exciting to see a bill seeking to allow respected institutions to be stewards of those collections in perpetuity."
The Lawful Purpose and Historical Firearms Act would:
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