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To: inquest
"And under what authority would Congress be able to pass such a law"

The Commerce Clause for the health and safety of its citizens. Think of the federal AWB without the "A".

2,991 posted on 12/23/2005 4:10:10 AM PST by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen
The Commerce Clause for the health and safety of its citizens.

Except there's nothing remotely related to commerce in such a regulation, any more than there's anything related to commerce in the "Gun-Free Schools Act" that Lopez struck down.

Think of the federal AWB without the "A".

The AWB's a regulation of storage?

2,999 posted on 12/23/2005 8:05:01 AM PST by inquest (If you favor any legal status for illegal aliens, then do not claim to be in favor of secure borders)
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