Citizen Rights
19. The Right to Keep and Bear Arms
The Right to Keep and Bear Arms: State and Federal Legislatures shall:
a) Repeal and/or nullify the National Firearms Act of 1934 and the Gun Control Act of 1968.
b) Nullify any gun laws that violate the 2nd Amendment or rights of due process.
c) Support national reciprocity for gun ownership rights and the right to carry.
d) Recognize the right of License to Carry holders to carry anywhere, off-duty or retired law enforcement personnel to carry anywhere, including any federal property accessible to the general public, including, but not limited to waterways, lakes, dams, and postal offices.
e) Ensure that any of the above legislation shall not be construed as impinging on private property rights.
f) Ensure individuals who have acted in justified defense should presumptively be immune from civil liability.
g) Ensure tenants of leased premises should not be evicted for acting in justified self-defense.
h) Require that financial service firms doing business in Texas do not record financial transactions using Merchant Category Codes (MCC) for purchases related to guns, ammunition, gun accessories, gun safes, gun range payments, gun range memberships, and other 2nd Amendment protected activities. The use of any such services for the tracking of these purchases shall be banned.
i) Require that businesses or commercial property owners that prohibit licensed permit holders from carrying a firearm into their establishments assume liability for their safety since the owners are denying those persons the right to protect themselves.
j) Republicans believe armor piercing ammunition and chemical dispensing devices (OC spray) are useful for defense and must be legalized in Texas.