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To: Ditto
Ditto,

From your post you like or own Firearms? Let's say our Government passed a law regarding traffic violations and gun ownership..Dang Ditto has five speeding tickets and now can't legally own a Firearm under Federal Law for LIFE.

Who determines what Guns Ditto can own? Your State that only restricts Felon's or The Fed's ?

837 posted on 03/24/2009 3:25:19 PM PDT by Rustabout
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To: Rustabout
From your post you like or own Firearms?

If I do or don't is imaterial to the discussion (and frankly no ones business but mine.)

Let's say our Government passed a law regarding traffic violations and gun ownership..

Which government are you talking about? Local, State or Federal?

From my reading of the Constitution, the Federal Government has absolutely no ability to turn a 'summary offense' such as a speeding ticket into a "Federal Case." If they attempted to do so, it would be a clear instance of over reaching by Federal authorities who should promptly have their weenies whacked by the closest Federal court. In fact, they have had their ass kicked in the Supreme Court for attempting to apply felonies in foreign countries as justification. See Small v United States.

Now I can easily see state legislatures or local authorities enacting such an unconstitutional ban. It has happened. Granted, it would be a long and tortuous legal process proceeding through state courts and eventually to Federal court to have the such onerous a law overturned, but I do believe it would happen.

This is why the Constitution is important. The worst unconstitional provisions put on us have not been by the Federal government, but by state and local governments. They are far more prone to over reach on civil liberties than the Feds, who only want our money. ;~((

845 posted on 03/24/2009 7:23:39 PM PDT by Ditto
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