HI HCR196

Urges the United States Congress to propose and pass a constitutional amendment under Article V to clarify the scope of the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment.

Requests that Congress consider whether the Second Amendment should be repealed or amended to establish that the right to bear arms is a collective right rather than an individual right.

Cites the debate between "individual right theory" (which protects individual firearm possession) and "collective rights theory" (which links the right to state militia service).

References the evolution of Supreme Court interpretation from United States v. Miller (1939, collective rights approach) to District of Columbia v. Heller (2008, individual rights approach).

Cites mass shootings at schools, workplaces, and public events as justification for the need to repeal or amend the Second Amendment.