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ATF to Tennessee: We're Above Your Law
Examiner.com ^ | 07/17/09 | David Codrea

Posted on 07/17/2009 5:55:50 PM PDT by Copernicus

The ATF - as expected - has issued a letter in which it disregards the 10th Amendment restrictions on federal power (as seems to be the trend since the late 1930) and has notified Tennessee’s federal firearms dealers that the Tennessee Firearms Freedom Act is meaningless. Essentially, ATF is saying to the state of Tennessee that the 10th Amendment no longer exists.

We expected such from a tyranny that no longer lives within the bounds of its express authority…

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: 10th; 10thamendment; agenda; banglist; batfe; bho44; bootthebatfe; ccw; codrea; cw2; cwii; cwiiping; democrats; donttreadonme; firearmsfreedomact; jbt; lping; policestate; rapeofliberty; rkba; shallnotbeinfringed; statesrights; tennessee; tyranny
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People forget State's Rights effectively ended when Woodrow Wilson rammed through the direct election of Senators.

Best regards to all,

1 posted on 07/17/2009 5:55:51 PM PDT by Copernicus
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To: Copernicus

Jeez!


2 posted on 07/17/2009 5:57:56 PM PDT by Principled (Get the capital back! NRST!)
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To: Copernicus

bump ,, looking for the lead soon ,, it’s coming ,,, people getting all they can take of the FED’S ,,,,,


3 posted on 07/17/2009 5:58:07 PM PDT by piroque
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To: Copernicus

Yep. The states have no representation and the people have no control over the Senate. Since the 17th amendment, they are a rogue body of government, and answer to no one.


5 posted on 07/17/2009 6:03:03 PM PDT by kenth
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To: meyer

It’s happened before with them darn revenuers!


6 posted on 07/17/2009 6:04:09 PM PDT by FortWorthPatriot
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To: meyer
They're gonna back us old country boys into a corner, meyer.
7 posted on 07/17/2009 6:04:14 PM PDT by Semper Mark (Third World trickle up poverty, will lead to cascading Third World tyranny.)
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To: Copernicus
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

(Sounds like a great name for a convenience store!)

8 posted on 07/17/2009 6:04:29 PM PDT by IbJensen (If Catholics voted based upon the teachings of the church, there would be no abortion and no Obomba.)
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To: Copernicus

CW2


9 posted on 07/17/2009 6:04:34 PM PDT by Sig Sauer P220 (Forget going Galt. Its time to go Braveheart.)
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To: piroque

simple answer to problem, new law

Any person who attempts to enforce any Federal Law without the Express Written Consent of the County Sheriff, Shall be Guilty of Treason. All persons arrested for Treason Shall be Tried immediately upon Arrest. The Jury shall be members of the Family or an agent or agents appointed by the person they are trying to enforce said Federal Law against. Upon Conviction Defendant shall be Executed Immediately.

problem solved


10 posted on 07/17/2009 6:05:20 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Copernicus

They’ll enforce their fed laws ONCE.

ONCE.


11 posted on 07/17/2009 6:05:44 PM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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To: Copernicus

“State’s Rights effectively ended when Woodrow Wilson
rammed through the direct election of Senators.”
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It started way before that...


12 posted on 07/17/2009 6:07:55 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
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To: Copernicus

Well several states have now passed these things. Will be interesting to see when someone will start making firearms for sale only in the state of manufacture.
Only then will we know for sure how the federal courts will react to the Feds overstep of the Constitution.


13 posted on 07/17/2009 6:08:29 PM PDT by flash2368 (Scary Times)
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Well, if you’re going to say that State law in effect supercedes federal regulation that violates the 10th,

why would you give any credence to a FEDERAL court that rules against you?

The legislatures should simply follow up with a law stating that federal courts have no jurisdiction superceding a state’s legislature when the matter at hand is internal to the state.


14 posted on 07/17/2009 6:12:36 PM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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To: Copernicus

They completely ignore the fact that the federal government claims that the “interstate commerce clause” is what gives them the power to regulate firearms and simply say, “Your law is void because we said so”.


15 posted on 07/17/2009 6:13:51 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Socialism is the belief that most people are better off if everyone was equally poor and miserable.)
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To: Copernicus

Statists only understand brute force. TN take note and take care of things.


16 posted on 07/17/2009 6:18:53 PM PDT by Sir Gawain ("Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect" - Thoreau)
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To: Sir Gawain
I'm going to try to swing down to Barrett next week, and see how it goes.

I think a 50cal. would look good on the front lawn.

17 posted on 07/17/2009 6:26:39 PM PDT by dfwddr (fubo)
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To: Copernicus

Shoot, seat belt laws and all the other uniformity you find in the States in regard to transportation makes enumerated powers of the Federal Government a joke. They just use the Federal Income tax to suck dollars from the States, then demand adherence to certain guidelines in order for the States to receive back their sheckles. Pretty cool way to exert extra/constitutional powers on the States. They do that in a whole lot of ways. Federal Sheckles, rifled from the residents of the States are used to bludgeon the States into submission.


18 posted on 07/17/2009 6:27:10 PM PDT by DariusBane (Even the Rocks shall cry out "Hobamma to the Highest")
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To: Copernicus

We've seen the BATF Gestapo in action before, backed by the likes of Erik Holder (Janet Reno's houseboy) and a libtard prezident.

19 posted on 07/17/2009 6:28:26 PM PDT by RoadKingSE (How do you know that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a muzzle flash ?)
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To: LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot

ping


20 posted on 07/17/2009 6:29:01 PM PDT by dfwddr (fubo)
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