>>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A recent Supreme Court ruling that Congress can ban homegrown marijuana for medical use in California led Friday to the reinstatement of an Arizona man's overturned conviction for having homemade machine guns.<<
Well sure - if the interstate commerce clause give the federal government over personal issues even when there is no interstate commerce it would apply to lots of things.... and be nutty.
Congress (via the FAA) regulates the interstate airlines -- cruising altitudes, speeds, air corridors, landing patterns, etc. Are you saying they may not regulate the purely intrastate flight of a private pilot when his flying has a substantial effect on the interstate commerce Congress is regulating?
The Commerce Clause gives Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce. That's it. If a local activity has a substantial effect on the interstate commerce that Congress is currently regulating, then Congress has the power, under the Necessary and Proper Clause to write legislation controlling that activity. Without that ability, states or individuals could undermine and subvert Congress' authority. Why even give Congress the power?
The Commerce Clause was meant to be powerful. The problem lies with a Congress abusing that power. The solution is for the people to send a message to Congress that we will not tolerate these intrusions.