[precisionshootist]

"Rep. O'Neil is forgetting there is already an amendment to the Constitution that addresses this issue. I do not support Rep. O’Neil's efforts even though they may be well intentioned. Having a government Rep. introduce ammendments to enforce one of THE ammendments, could be misconstrued by the ignorant not as enforcement, but as the government “granting” a right. "

This state Rep knows EXACTLY what he is talking about. Many of our national gun laws such as GCA, NFA and many others get their teeth based on the power of the federal government to regulate commerce "among" the states.

It is clear to this Rep and most any honest interpretation that the founders NEVER intended for the commerse clause to be a virtually unlimited power. It is total abuse of both the interpretation and application of this power that has allowed the government to expand way beyond the original intent.

My own take is that we need to change the wording to completely eliminate the clause as it pertains to states.

Appropriate use of this power since the adoption of the constitution is virtually non existent. What it has been used for is to greatly expand the size and scope of government way beyond the boundries of the constitution.

[onona]

This is it EXACTLY !

Remove the commerce claws from the feds.

[KittenClaws]

I am guilty of not reading the article thoroughly.

The commerce clause - of course!

While I do not consider myself uninformed, I am an embarrassing example of how some ignorant folks could misinterpret this sort of thing.

Thanks for the clarification. I'll post again when I fully understand the situation.