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To: Non-Sequitur
Patriot from Virginia:” FYI, We are at Division strength now.... “

Non-Sensicle: “Of course you are.”

Me thinks ‘Ole Virginia’ is correct!

According a law signed into effect yesterday by Democratic Gov. Dave Freudenthal, any agent of the U.S. who “enforces or attempts to enforce” federal gun rules on a “personal firearm” in Wyoming faces a felony conviction and a penalty of up to two years in prison and up to $2,000 in fines.

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“Laws of the federal government are to be supreme in all matters pursuant to the delegated powers of U.S. Constitution. When D.C. enacts laws outside those powers, state laws trump. And, as Thomas Jefferson would say, when the federal government assumes powers not delegated to it, those acts are ‘unauthoritative, void, and of no force’ from the outset,” Boldin wrote.

“When a state ‘nullifies’ a federal law, it is proclaiming that the law in question is void and inoperative, or ‘non-effective,’ within the boundaries of that state; or, in other words, not a law as far as the state is concerned. Implied in such legislation is that the state apparatus will enforce the act against all violations – in order to protect the liberty of the state's citizens,” he continued.

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State Rep. Alan Jaggi, R-Lyman, told the newspaper there could be confrontations.

“I think it could be a possibility if we had some overzealous – do I want to say bureaucrat? – that would just say, ‘Hey, we're going to show these states we have all the authority,’” Jaggi said. “States’ rights – I'm willing to say that's important enough to us to do it.”

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Marbut argues that the federal government was created by the states to serve the states and the people, and it is time for the states to begin drawing boundaries for the federal government and its agencies.

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=127787

281 posted on 03/13/2010 5:53:06 PM PST by Idabilly
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To: Idabilly
“When a state ‘nullifies’ a federal law, it is proclaiming that the law in question is void and inoperative, or ‘non-effective,’ within the boundaries of that state; or, in other words, not a law as far as the state is concerned. Implied in such legislation is that the state apparatus will enforce the act against all violations – in order to protect the liberty of the state's citizens,” he continued.

Yeah that argument really went over in 1832, didn't it?

289 posted on 03/14/2010 6:52:38 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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