Posted on 08/07/2014 8:26:18 AM PDT by rktman
On August 5 Missouri voters approved Amendment 5, setting the stage for the nullification of federal gun laws and affirming that "the right to keep and bear arms... shall not be questioned" in their state.
According to the Tenth Amendment Center, acceptance or rejection of Amendment 5 was posed to voters in the form of a question: "Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to include a declaration that the right to keep and bear arms is a unalienable right and that the state government is obligated to uphold that right?"
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Wow, sanity at work! Great news!
The amendment also extends to ammunition, accessories. Some strong gun advocates were opposed to it because it has a reference to “ normal use”. Their concern was, who will define what is normal use?
I don’t think this amendment has any teeth.
Some judge will just cite the supremacy clause and say that federal law trumps Missouri’s constitution.
ping!
Taking away a gun from a raving maniac is not infringing his right exclusive of his responsibility to others with equal rights. The correct, durable word is "infringe," as given by our wise Founders.
Sieg Heil, slave!
I’m glad to hear it, but still, good luck with that. Colorado has the “shall not ever be questioned” language in its state Constitution, but that hasn’t stopped universal background checks and mag capacity limitations and a whole bunch of other recallable-over legislation from being passed.
Fortunately, the recalls functioned properly. But we still have the laws on the books, although some sheriffs have stated they can’t, and anyway won’t, enforce it.
I’ve always asserted that if someone cannot be trusted with the means to defend himself, he cannot be trusted to walk freely among his fellow man.
“First, there should never be a question to begin with. Second, how long before some lib/socialist/prog/commie activist judge tosses out the voters desire. Kinda like Kalifornia where the voters said no to a question on their ballots and a judge tossed it out. WTH? Good on you folks from Missouri. “
Your comment simply points out the need to start removing recalcitrant “judges” from the bench. There is a mechanism, but it is seldom employed. Judges who “make law” need to be taken out.
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How far do you think enforcement of federal law will go without the support and assistance of Missouri LEOs and elected officials?
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States can tell any Federal Judge to get lost. Your ruling has no force of law in this state. The Governor just says I work for the people of MO and they have spoken. We in MO do not work for a political hack on the federal bench. What are the feds to do? Send in the military that has been reduced to pre WWII levels? Send the BATFE where the Sheriff doesn’t authorize them to enter his county or enforce any law without his specific approval. Come on man....we (Read: People of the states) have got to just tell the feds to get screwed.
oh - you mean like Col pot law?
Sure, both sides are willing to actually acknowledge “it’s on”...
nope, they’ll go through the judiciary as much as they can to maintain the veneer of non-conflict.
legalizing pot - advances the leftist agenda
protecting the RKBA - thwarts the leftist agenda
And then the bullying begins with the threat of cutting off ALL fed money going to MO. And here I thought there was this big drive to stop all the bullying and now see that the biggest bully of all is the fed gov. (Like I didn’t already know that.) :>}
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