Sense of the Congress

It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) the right of the people to keep and bear arms is a fundamental component of self-government, self-defense, and the preservation of individual liberty; (2) deprivation of the constitutional right to bear arms requires due process under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States; (3) ignoring appeals of determinations made by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) violates due process; and (4) NICS should have the burden of showing a valid reason for the denial of this constitutional right.

It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) the right of the people to keep and bear arms is a fundamental component of self-government, self-defense, and the preservation of individual liberty; (2) deprivation of the constitutional right to bear arms requires due process under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States; (3) ignoring appeals of determinations made by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) violates due process; and (4) NICS should have the burden of showing a valid reason for the denial of this constitutional right.