Bill Protecting Second Amendment Becomes Law without KY Governor’s Signature

AmmoLand ^ | April 17, 2023 | Dean Weingarten

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U.S.A. – Kentucky HB 153, the bill which prohibits state employees from cooperating with any federal infringements on Second Amendment rights passed after January 1, 2021, became law on March 28, 2023, without a signature from Governor (D) Andy Beshear.

The bill was passed on March 15, 2023. Governor Beshear had until March 27, 2023, to veto the bill or to sign it. Governor Beshear did neither, and the bill became law on March 28th, 2023.

The law has a similar effect to the Oklahoma Second Amendment Protection Act, without the verbiage about the federal government violating the Second Amendment.  The act specifically references the Supreme Court decisions affirming the federal government does not have the authority to commandeer local or state agents to enforce federal policy. From the statute :

Section 1. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky finds that:

(1) Section 1 of the Constitution of Kentucky provides, in part, that all men have an inalienable right to bear arms in defense of themselves and of the state;

(2) The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees the right of the people to keep and bear arms;

(3) The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reserves to the states and people all powers not granted to the federal government; and

(4)The Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of Printz v. United States, 521 U.S. 898 (1997), affirmed that the federal government does not have the authority to commandeer local or state agents to enforce federal policy.

After several definitions of law enforcement, agents of the state, ammunition, firearms, and firearms accessories, the statute provides:

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The federal government does not have the constitutional power to force the states to use state resources to enforce federal law.

The left is all for the anti-commandeering doctrine when it comes to immigration or marijuana.

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This was SO hammered out during the Jefferson Presidency.

Good news.

The Governor is a closet Republican, Constitutional patriot, imo.

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Good for Kentucky!

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Hopefully Gov.Little Andy Beshear is on his way out. He is up against Ky Atty General Daniel Cameron and a couple other strong Republicans.