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for big industries
and the super rich,
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minimum
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and efforts to
weaken public health,
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safety, and environmental
protections.
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of these
bills have become
law, until now, their origin
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ALEC’s’Corporate Board
--in recent past or present

• AT&T Services, Inc.
• centerpoint360
• UPS
• Bayer Corporation
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Energy Future Holdings
• Johnson & Johnson
• Coca-Cola Company
• PhRMA
• Kraft Foods, Inc.
• Coca-Cola Co.
• Pfizer Inc.
• Reed Elsevier, Inc.
• DIAGEO
• Peabody Energy
• Intuit, Inc.
• Koch Industries, Inc.
• ExxonMobil
• Verizon
• Reynolds American Inc.
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
• Salt River Project
• Altria Client Services, Inc.
• American Bail Coalition
• State Farm Insurance
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Public Safety and Elections

Resolution on Semi-Automatic Firearms
Summary
Model Resolution

Did you know the
NRA--the National
Rifle Association-was the corporate
co-chair in 2011?

WHEREAS recent national debate has focused on so-called "assault weapons,"

confusing the general public and lawmakers alike about the distinction between true
military assault rifles and semi-automatic military-style look-alikes; and

WHEREAS proposals currently under consideration at the local, state, and federal levels
would arbitrarily ban or restrict the manufacture, possession, and use of semi-automatic
rifles, shotguns, and pistols under the guise of regulating assault weapons; and

WHEREAS true military "assault rifles" have been defined by the Department of the

Army to include only firearms that have a "selective fire" capability - i.e., machine guns and these true "assault weapons" have been strictly regulated by federal law since 1934
and banned in several states; and

WHEREAS attempts by legislative bodies to change the definition of "assault weapon"

has lead to "assault weapon" definitions that ban or restrict possession of a firearm
based solely on its appearance, not taking into account its use, operation or design; and

WHEREAS legislative activity has centered on inanimate firearms, while no action has

yet addressed the condition and histories of the perpetrators of the heinous crimes that
have instigated this national debate; and

WHEREAS millions of law-abiding citizens have exercised their Second Amendment

rights to keep and bear arms by choosing to own military-styled semi-automatic rifles;
and

WHEREAS the semi-automatic technology in firearms has been available to the general
public since the 1890's and semi-automatic firearms were the "weapons of choice" of
President Theodore Roosevelt; and

WHEREAS semi-automatic technology firearms are used by medal-winning athletes in

the Olympics and are used every day in the legal pursuit of a variety of shooting sports,
including hunting, target-shooting, competition, and recreation, as well as protection of
person, family, and property; and

WHEREAS law enforcement agencies from New York City, Los Angeles, Washington,

D.C., and San Francisco, as well as the FBI's Uniform Crime Report have confirmed that
military-styled semi-automatic firearms are used in only one-half to three percent of all
crimes involving firearms;

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the American Legislative Exchange Council

recommends the rejection of current proposals at the local, state, and federal levels that
arbitrarily restrict the possession of the semi-automatic class of firearms by law-abiding
American citizens; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the American Legislative Exchange Council

recommends instead that the scarce resources of the law enforcement and criminal
justice systems be focused upon uniform, consistent, and just sentencing, speedy trials,
and increased punishment and incarceration for those who commit violent crime; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the clerk of the (House of Representatives or

Senate) transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the
United States, to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, to the
Attorney General of the United States, and to each Member of Congress of the United
States.
ALEC's Sourcebook of American State Legislation 1995

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