Posted on 05/01/2013 7:57:52 PM PDT by Nachum
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama Legislature is telling the federal government and others to back off on gun control.
The Senate passed legislation Tuesday declaring that “All federal acts, laws, orders, rules or regulations regarding firearms are a violation of the Second Amendment.” It also says federal laws in violation of the Second Amendment shall be considered null and void in Alabama. The vote was 24-6.
The sponsor, Republican Sen. Paul Sanford of Huntsville, said the bill resulted from hundreds of emails and calls he received from his north Alabama constituents concerned that Congress might enact new gun regulations or restore the previous ban on assault weapons. He said the assault weapon ban is an example of federal regulation that he considers a violation of the Second Amendment.
Democratic Sen. Bobby Singleton of Greensboro, who voted against the measure, said state law can’t trump federal law. “This bill is null and void on its face,” Singleton said.
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Yup, I think yur right.
Well, I got a dozen cases or so of baked beans, some bottled water stored, and lots of fishing gear, time will tell, eh?
(Hope them fish like baked beans!!)
;-)
You need some dry blackeye peas, simmer them slowly and serve with corn bread and fried catfish cooked by the creek bank. That is what real living is about. Fresh picked green blackeyes are even better.
There ya go.
We used to catch and cook crawdads all the time.
Fresh water lobsters is all they are!
I am sincerely (and deeply) hoping that this--as well as similar laws passed by other states--will be just one more step on the way to the total nullification of federal law (with all the federal courts--including the SCOTUS--having their rulings ignored by the several states).
It is my considered opinion that the highest authority, anywhere in America, as regarding the meaning of the federal Constitution, should be the state Supreme Court of each state. (If, for instance, the state Supreme Court of California should declare ObamaCare to be constitutional, but the state Supreme Court of Georgia should declare it to be unconstitutional, then it should be considered constitutional--according to the federal Constitution--in the state of California; but unconstitutional--again, according to the federal Constitution--in the state of Georgia.)
No need to reconcile the differences, so far as I can see...
Business as usual Republican politicians are planning on obeying court orders like the Governor of Alabama did some years ago when Chief Justice Roy Moore displayed a Ten Commandments monument in the Supreme Court building.
The federal court ordered it removed and the governor said the ruling had to be complied with.
Some people talked about civil disobedience to oppose the removal of the monument but others agrued against it like columnist David Limbaugh.
Dave Limbaugh expressed his concern that disobedience of the court ruling non-violently would lead to violent disobedience of the court rulings which of course would be violent disobedience of the law.
Historical precedents exist for his argument, like the non-violent civil rights protests. Fifty years ago this weekend the tactics of Bull Connor in Birmingham produced pictures that caused great sympathy among whites outside the South and a nationwide anger among blacks. The black crowd watching the dogs and hoses assault the protestors in Birmingham was so angry they threw rocks at the police and firemen.
The stage was set for a rising tide of violent nationwide race riots that began within weeks and lasted until around 1970.
When Operation Rescue non-violently blocked abortion clinic entrances in the late 80’s and early 90’s it set the stage for some bombings and shootings at abortion clinics that followed.
I’m not giving a final opinion on disobedience of the law as in nullification of federal laws by states, but I am saying that politicians like Rick Perry make their tough speeches in order to win the next election. They have no deep convictions about principles.
Virtually all the GOP politicians out there are empty suits when it comes to actual leadership of a real rebellion of any kind.
Dave Limbaugh expressed his concern that disobedience of the court ruling non-violently would lead to violent disobedience of the court rulings which of course would be violent disobedience of the law.
Historical precedents exist for his argument, like the non-violent civil rights protests. Fifty years ago this weekend the tactics of Bull Connor in Birmingham produced pictures that caused great sympathy among whites outside the South and a nationwide anger among blacks. The black crowd watching the dogs and hoses assault the protestors in Birmingham was so angry they threw rocks at the police and firemen.
The stage was set for a rising tide of violent nationwide race riots that began within weeks and lasted until around 1970.
With the civil-rights movement of the 1950s and '60s, it is clear that moral authority did not rest with the segregationists.
On the other hand, moral authority nowadays does rest with those who would resist a tyrranical federal government.
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