Posted on 04/27/2010 10:36:06 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
Lawmakers in Montana are suggesting that the courts should be deciding whether Congress has overstepped its authority in a dispute over a state exemption from federal regulations for guns made and sold inside state boundaries.
"Should Congress enact a law that appears to conflict with the guidance in the [Montana Firearms Freedom Act], the courts may then determine whether Congress has acted within the scope of its delegated powers as limited by later amendments," an amicus brief on behalf of Montana legislators, said. "The courts may then determine the extent to which Congress's enactment has abrogated the state's execise of power within the same sphere."
The brief was filed just days ago in a lawsuit that was brought against U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder by the Second Amendment Foundation and the Montana Shooting Sports Association in U.S. District Court in Missoula, Mont.
It seeks a declaration that the federal government must stay out of the way of Montana's management of its own firearms.
While Montana was the first state to adopt such legislation, six other states already have followed suit: South Dakota, Wyoming, Tennessee, Utah, Idaho and Arizona also now have Firearms Freedoms Acts on their books, and Alaska has plans that essentially are awaiting the governor's signature to become law.
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Reason 5. Constitutional Carry.
Sorry. You're mistaken on that. Happened in August of 1992. Not all of the evils of the world occur during democrap administrations.
States can’t walk away from the Union.
But the federal government can walk away from the Constitution.
Why?
The federal govt have the brute force. The courts don’t.
Using current numbers; I’d say that their are some 930,000 legally owned firearms in Montana.
Not a good place to bust a move.
Using current numbers; I’d say that there are some 930,000 legally owned firearms in Montana.
Not a good place to bust a move.
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