Second Amendment is Essential Act of 2021

Second Amendment is Essential Act of 2021

This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to designate the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing firearms, or importing or manufacturing ammunition, as a critical infrastructure sector. Additionally, the bill states that individuals who are employed by those entities are critical infrastructure workers.

The term critical infrastructure means systems and assets, physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health and safety, or any combination of those matters.

Bill 117 HR 4060, also known as the Second Amendment is Essential Act of 2021, is a piece of legislation introduced in the US Congress. The bill aims to protect and uphold the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, which guarantees the right of citizens to keep and bear arms.

The main provisions of the bill include:

1. Prohibiting the federal government from using funds to implement or enforce any law, rule, or regulation that infringes on the Second Amendment rights of individuals. 2. Requiring the federal government to recognize and respect the rights of individuals to possess and use firearms for self-defense, hunting, and other lawful purposes. 3. Ensuring that federal agencies and officials do not take any actions that would restrict or limit the rights of law-abiding citizens to own and carry firearms. 4. Providing legal protections for individuals who use firearms in self-defense, including immunity from civil liability in certain circumstances. Overall, the Second Amendment is Essential Act of 2021 seeks to reaffirm and protect the rights of American citizens to own and use firearms in accordance with the Second Amendment. It aims to prevent any infringement on these rights by the federal government and ensure that individuals can exercise their Second Amendment rights without fear of government interference.