Pitts authors Second Amendment Preservation Act

Press release from Office of Rep. Jim Pitts

AUSTIN – In response to potential federal actions that could unconstitutionally restrict the right to bear arms, State Rep. Jim Pitts joint authored House Bill 553 to reaffirm and protect Texans’ second amendment rights.

“The Second Amendment was written with the tremendous foresight of our founding fathers and has endured for over two centuries as a necessary protectorate of a citizen’s right to bear arms. I intend to stand up for that right and am proud to join Representative John Otto in authoring HB 553, the Second Amendment Preservation Act,” Pitts said.

The proposed legislation applies to all federal acts, laws, executive orders, agency orders, and rules or regulations of all kinds and nullifies federal acts with the purpose, intent, or effect of:

• confiscating a firearm,
• banning a firearm,
• limiting the size of a magazine for a firearm,
• imposing a limit on the ammunition that may be purchased for a firearm,
• taxing a firearm or ammunition, or
• requiring the registration of a firearm or ammunition.

“My goal is to best represent my constituents, and after hearing significant concerns about possible Executive Orders and other federal actions, I felt that this legislation was necessary,” Pitts said.

Pitts has served House District 10, which now includes parts of Cedar Creek Lake, for the past 20 years.