Hmmm….🤔
H.B. 6981, or the “Preventing Private Paramilitary Activity Act of 2024,” was introduced on January 11 and the main body of the bill seeks to prohibit private paramilitary organizations from:
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— Champagne Joshi (@JoshWalkos) January 31, 2024
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Hmmm…
H.B. 6981, or the “Preventing Private Paramilitary Activity Act of 2024,” was introduced on January 11 and the main body of the bill seeks to prohibit private paramilitary organizations from:
1“Publically patrol, drill, or engage in techniques capable of causing bodily injury or death;”
2“Interfere with, interrupt, or attempt to interfere with or interrupt government operations or a government proceeding;”
3“Interfere with or intimidate another person in that person’s exercise of any right under the Constitution of the United States;”
4“Assume the functions of a law enforcement officer, peace officer, or public official, whether or not acting under color of law, and thereby assert authority or purport to assert authority over another person without the consent of that person; or”
5Train to engage in any activity described above.
They define a paramilitary group as:
“any group of 3 or more persons associating under a command structure for the purpose of functioning in public or training to function in public as a combat, combat support, law enforcement, or security services unit.”
www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6981/text
h/t Little Lost