HR 167 Summary

• Urges U.S. Congress to propose and pass a constitutional amendment under Article V to clarify the constitutional right to bear arms.

• Requests Congress to consider whether the Second Amendment should be repealed or amended to establish the right to bear arms as a collective rather than individual constitutional right.

• Cites Supreme Court precedent including United States v. Miller (1939), which adopted a collective rights interpretation, and District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), which established an individual right to firearm possession.

• References tragic mass shootings at schools, workplaces, and public events as justification for reconsidering the Second Amendment.

• Directs certified copies of the resolution be sent to the President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Hawaii's congressional delegation, and the Governor.