Could the Firearms Freedom Act be coming to a state near you?
Who could have imagined that a draft request received on October 27, 2008 proposing an act to exempt from federal regulation the right to manufacture commercially or privately a personal firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition would actually pass? While tea parties were occuring all over the country on April 15, 2009, the Governor of Montana signed into law the Firearms Freedom Act. At the time of this writing, there has been little discussion of this in the mainstream media, but soon, they (the media) will be forced to report this because states such as Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, and Wyoming are following suit with similar acts in their state legislatures. As a matter of fact, Tennessee has started the voting process on their own Tennessee Firearms Freedom Act just this week.
I'm curious why the media, including the cable news channel networks, are not discussing this? This act is a direct challenge against federal law and will probably go to the Supreme Court. However, if that happens, Montana may threaten to secede from the Union. Texas has threatened this as well. If patriots band together, especially from the states that are proposing Firearms Freedom Acts, the Feds may have their hands tied and have no choice but to allow the states these freedoms. "Article II, section 12, of the Montana constitution clearly secures to Montana citizens, and prohibits government interference with, the right of individual Montana citizens to keep and bear arms. This constitutional protection is unchanged from the 1889 Montana constitution, which was approved by congress and the people of Montana, and the right exists as it was understood at the time that the compact with the United States was agreed upon and adopted by Montana and the United States in 1889." Legislative Services Division, Montana
This legislation should be a wake up call to the federal government that the American people will not tolerate any infringement to their 2nd Amendment rights nor their states rights regarding firearms, firearms accessories, or ammunition. The more states pass similar bills into law, the more difficult it will be for the federal government to enforce any future consideration of imposing stricter gun laws within state territories.
So, instead of 'Made in USA', we will start seeing 'Made in Montana' or 'Made in Arkansas' or 'Made in Wyoming' or 'Made in (fill in your state's name)'.
2 comments:
Montana's HB 246 was a great strike for liberty that cleverly leveraged our beloved 2nd amendment with the less well understood and less considered 10th amendment. Brian Schweitzer, the Democratic governor of Montana is a true supporter of liberty. He previously stood up against the Department of Homeland Security and Michael Chertoff and told them straight up that Montana was absolutely not going to enact any aspect of their unconstitutional Real ID, because it was an unfunded federal mandate on the state, and it infringed on the privacy of Montana citizens by enrolling them in an international biometric identification database that would increase identity theft.
Kentucky needs to be one of the next states to enact firearms freedom legislation. We have the political will to do so in our state, and I believe it was only an accident of timing of our legislature that we didn't follow up on the excellent example set by Montana.
Unlike Montana, Kentucky has a few manufacturers of firearms, and many more manufacturers of firearms parts that would probably become firearms manufacturers if this bill were passed into Kentucky law. We'd also attract new firearms and ammunition manufacturers to Kentucky that would appreciate the competitive advantage of reduced government meddling in their business. This would be a huge win for liberty and less federal government, but it'd also be a significant boom to the state's economy.
All states need to push back hard and stop accepting the increased role of the federal government. We need to put the federal government back in its small constitutionally defined box and get it out of our lives and out of our wallets. The only way to do this is to curtail their power, and as long as they have the Federal Reserve to print money out of thin air and steal from us via the hidden tax of inflation, we will never have a limited federal government. All these liberty issues ultimately come back to de-funding the federal government before we can ever constrain them to the seventeen enumerated powers prescribed for them by our Constitution.
Let's have our own Firearms Freedom Act in the 2010 Kentucky state legislature and let's get it passed by an overwhelming majority.
Here's the Montana law that we could use as a model for our legislation.
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/billhtml/HB0246.htm
Want to act locally to support our right to keep and bear arms?
http://www.GunsAndGarbage.com
Here's another FUN way to support our right to keep and bear arms. Come to Lexington's first Open Carry Picnic! Saturday, August 29th, from noon until 2:00 PM at Jacobson Park. Just bring some food you'd like to eat and maybe share with others. If you're feeling lazy, just grab some fast food on the way over! Many of us will be open carrying, but you don't need to open carry. Come out and enjoy a fun day in the park and support our rights. More info can be found at GunsAndGarbage.com. See you there!
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