Little-Acorn
Well-Known Member
The Fed govt still occasionally tries to maintain a facade of adherence to the Constitution. When they make a law, they toss in something like, "This applies to things that are involved in interstate commerce, so that gives us the right to restrict or ban it". Of course, they are careful never to mention the 2nd amendment, which overrides the Commerce Clause and says that since an armed and capable populace is necessary for security and freedomg, the right of ordinary people to own and carry guns and other such weapons cannot be taken away or restricted.
But now, more and more states, tired of overreaching Federal control of everything under the sun, are pointing out that some guns are made inside their state, and never cross a state border. So, they aren't even involved in "interstate commerce"... thus shooting down even this flimsy Federal "Commerce Clause" argument.
Chalk up State No. 6 to point this out... and to pass a law saying so.
And counting.......
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http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=137649
Arizona declares weapons exempt from national firearms paperwork
Posted: April 07, 2010
9:25 pm Eastern
By Bob Unruh
A sixth state – Arizona – now has declared that guns made and kept inside its borders essentially are free from federal application, registration and ownership regulations in a surging movement among states that one supporter describes as a direct challenge to "a government monopoly on the supply of firearms."
Gov. Jan Brewer this week signed the state's version of a "Firearms Freedom Act," which originated in Montana and now has been adopted by six states, with several dozen more in various stages of their own plans.
Brewer issued a statement that the law is intended to give Washington the message that they should not try to "get between Arizonans and their constitutional rights."
Arizona joins Wyoming, South Dakota, Utah and Tennessee as well as Montana, where Gary Marbut of the Montana Shooting Sports Association was a key proponent.
Marbut has warned that under the current system of federal approval for gun purchases, federal registration requirements, federal restrictions and federal limits, the U.S. essentially has established a monopoly on guns.
All the information you'll ever need about guns, ammo and a special video on how to make them, found in the "Firearms Multimedia Guide."
The "Firearms Freedom Act" measures being adopted around the nation now, he said, are supported by the Ninth and Second Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and are needed to break down that monopoly.
In an analysis posted on the ProGunLeaders website, he wrote:
"The current federal scheme of regulating the supply system for new firearms in the U.S. is so complete it might actually constitute a government monopoly on the supply of firearms. Under current federal regulation, no firearm may be made and sold to another person without federal government permission – not one firearm," he wrote.
"With the natural right of self-defense, people must also be allowed access to firearms made and sold outside the government-controlled supply chain," he said.
To submit to a government gun monopoly, he said, would be to believe "that the Constitution is an old, dead, obsolete and meaningless piece of paper, the Ninth Amendment is as worthless as the rest, and has no relevance to the [Montana Firearms Freedom Act]," he wrote.
"If the observer believes that the Constitution actually means something, and that those who ratified the Constitution and its amendments had authority to do so, that they understood meaningful terms precisely as used and applied in their time, and that they knew what they were doing, then import of the Ninth Amendment begins to come into focus."
Derek Sheriff reported at the Arizona Tenth Amendment Center that Arizona's bill asserts "Arizona's sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment and the people's unenumerated rights under the Ninth Amendment. They also emphasize the fact that when Arizona entered the union in 1912, its people did so as part of a contract between the state and the people of Arizona and the United States."
Kurt Hofmann of the St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner said the surging movement across the states is "a challenge to the federal government's grotesquely expansive use of the interstate commerce to regulate – well … everything, whether it has anything to do with interstate commerce or not."
"Liberty doesn't just happen – it needs to be worked for," he said. "Getting that work done can make the difference between having to work for liberty, and having to fight for it."
But now, more and more states, tired of overreaching Federal control of everything under the sun, are pointing out that some guns are made inside their state, and never cross a state border. So, they aren't even involved in "interstate commerce"... thus shooting down even this flimsy Federal "Commerce Clause" argument.
Chalk up State No. 6 to point this out... and to pass a law saying so.
And counting.......
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http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=137649
Arizona declares weapons exempt from national firearms paperwork
Posted: April 07, 2010
9:25 pm Eastern
By Bob Unruh
A sixth state – Arizona – now has declared that guns made and kept inside its borders essentially are free from federal application, registration and ownership regulations in a surging movement among states that one supporter describes as a direct challenge to "a government monopoly on the supply of firearms."
Gov. Jan Brewer this week signed the state's version of a "Firearms Freedom Act," which originated in Montana and now has been adopted by six states, with several dozen more in various stages of their own plans.
Brewer issued a statement that the law is intended to give Washington the message that they should not try to "get between Arizonans and their constitutional rights."
Arizona joins Wyoming, South Dakota, Utah and Tennessee as well as Montana, where Gary Marbut of the Montana Shooting Sports Association was a key proponent.
Marbut has warned that under the current system of federal approval for gun purchases, federal registration requirements, federal restrictions and federal limits, the U.S. essentially has established a monopoly on guns.
All the information you'll ever need about guns, ammo and a special video on how to make them, found in the "Firearms Multimedia Guide."
The "Firearms Freedom Act" measures being adopted around the nation now, he said, are supported by the Ninth and Second Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and are needed to break down that monopoly.
In an analysis posted on the ProGunLeaders website, he wrote:
"The current federal scheme of regulating the supply system for new firearms in the U.S. is so complete it might actually constitute a government monopoly on the supply of firearms. Under current federal regulation, no firearm may be made and sold to another person without federal government permission – not one firearm," he wrote.
"With the natural right of self-defense, people must also be allowed access to firearms made and sold outside the government-controlled supply chain," he said.
To submit to a government gun monopoly, he said, would be to believe "that the Constitution is an old, dead, obsolete and meaningless piece of paper, the Ninth Amendment is as worthless as the rest, and has no relevance to the [Montana Firearms Freedom Act]," he wrote.
"If the observer believes that the Constitution actually means something, and that those who ratified the Constitution and its amendments had authority to do so, that they understood meaningful terms precisely as used and applied in their time, and that they knew what they were doing, then import of the Ninth Amendment begins to come into focus."
Derek Sheriff reported at the Arizona Tenth Amendment Center that Arizona's bill asserts "Arizona's sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment and the people's unenumerated rights under the Ninth Amendment. They also emphasize the fact that when Arizona entered the union in 1912, its people did so as part of a contract between the state and the people of Arizona and the United States."
Kurt Hofmann of the St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner said the surging movement across the states is "a challenge to the federal government's grotesquely expansive use of the interstate commerce to regulate – well … everything, whether it has anything to do with interstate commerce or not."
"Liberty doesn't just happen – it needs to be worked for," he said. "Getting that work done can make the difference between having to work for liberty, and having to fight for it."
