“Preventing Private Paramilitary Activity Act of 2024” (PPPAA) was introduced by Mass. Sen. Ed Markey (D) in Senate and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D) in the House. Thankfully, it did not come up for a vote in either place. It could have prevented churches from using armed security. Such a bill would be anti-American and anti-churches, not to mention anti-Constitution of USA. It was aimed at criminalizing armed church security teams but would also affect groups such as the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.
The bill defines “paramilitary group” as any group of 3 or more persons who function under a command structure as a “security services unit”. The law would even be applicable if such a team uses weapons or ammo that had “traveled in interstate or foreign commerce”. That phrase applies to nearly every weapon and round of ammo in circulation. Even training for an activity that could cause bodily injury or death, such as an active shooter drill, would be considered a violation of federal law under Markey’s proposal. Members of a church security team would be subject to criminal penalties for up to 5 years in prison.
Though sane people, especially church-goers, are fortunate that PPPAA did not get a vote, it should be alarming that a sitting senator and a sitting house representative would even think that it would. Dems want to get rid of the 2nd Amendment. Republicans need to be watch-guarding to insure that never happens.
