Posted on 05/06/2009 7:24:33 AM PDT by tcrlaf
The state of Montana has signed into power a revolutionary gun law. I mean REVOLUTIONARY.
The State of Montana has defied the federal government and their gun laws. This will prompt a showdown between the federal government and the State of Montana . The federal government fears citizens owning guns. They try to curtail what types of guns they can own. The gun control laws all have one common goal - confiscation of privately owned firearms.
Montana has gone beyond drawing a line in the sand. They have challenged the Federal Government. The fed now either takes them on and risks them saying the federal agents have no right to violate their state gun laws and arrest the federal agents that try to enforce the federal firearms acts. This will be a world-class event to watch.
Montana could go to voting for secession from the union, which is really throwing the gauntlet in Obama's face. If the federal government does nothing they lose face. Gotta love it.
Important Points - If guns and ammunition are manufactured inside the State of Montana for sale and use inside that state then the federal firearms laws have no applicability since the federal government only has the power to control commerce across state lines. Montana has the law on their side. Since when did the USA start following their own laws especially the constitution of the USA , the very document that empowers the USA .
Silencers made in Montana and sol in Montana would be fully legal and not registered. As a note silencers were first used before the 007 movies as a device to enable one to hunt without disturbing neighbors and scaring game. They were also useful as devices to control noise when practicing so as to not disturb the neighbors.
Silencers work best with a bolt-action rifle. There is a long barrel and the chamber is closed tight so as to direct all the gases though the silencer at the tip of the barrel. Semi-auto pistols and revolvers do not really muffle the sound very well except on the silver screen. The revolvers bleed gas out with the sound all over the place. The semi-auto pistols bleed the gases out when the slide recoils back.
Silencers are maybe nice for snipers picking off enemy soldiers even though they reduce velocity but not very practical for hit men shooting pistols in crowded places. Silencers were useful tools for gun enthusiasts and hunters.
There would be no firearm registration, serial numbers, criminal records check, waiting periods or paperwork required. So in a short period of time there would be millions and millions of unregistered untraceable guns in Montana . Way to go Montana !
SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah lawmakers are considering following Montana's lead and claiming state's rights in the war over gun control.
The Montana Legislature passed and its governor signed into law a measure making guns that are made and kept within state boundaries exempt from federal regulations. That means they're exempt from things like background checks, licensing and registration.
Several Utah lawmakers want to do the same thing here. They say President Barack Obama and the Congress are anti-gun and will infringe on states' rights.
Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman, tells the Salt Lake Tribune he or another Utah lawmaker will introduce a similar measure next year.
Rep. Ken Sumsion, R-American Fork, told the Tribune he wishes he'd thought of it and would support such a measure "in a heartbeat."
But some legislators, like Rep. Rebecca Chavez-Houck, D-Salt Lake City, have reservations. They say Montana's law is expected to face legal challenges and they don't want the same thing to happen in Utah.
In this Montana instance, I disagree. The direct focus of the Montana law disallows any obliquity in which the feds can assert additional interests. So in the event of a case against a Montana person, who in turn retreats behind Montana state law, the specificity of this new state law would require a SCOTUS rehearing on direct merits (should they choose to grant cert.).
In fact, I think that the Montana law might actually have been created to force just this showdown.
Cool! The more the better.
If California can invoke State Nullification for medical marijuana, Montana can do so regarding gun rights.
“This Montana law is grandstanding boob-bait for suckers. Same for the effort in Texas.”
I agree. This law simply invites the foolhardy to get themselves sent to Federal prison.
Being a test case is vastly overrated.
Obama already flunked his big tests; but he bent over for the Russians and Chinese, and we never heard peep from the media.
Did you miss those heartwarming moments?
Don't forget the King of Saudi Arabia.
Yeah, but that was face forward.
Gotta love Montana and Texas. This gives me hope that people in power will stand up to the Obama Administration and at the same time protect our most sacred document, the Constitution of the United States in the process.
Yeah, see no it won`t work.
The Un-Constitutional USSC already ruled in 1942 mind you that anything falls under the Commerce Clause, specifically Wickard v. Filburn.
do you know anything about an attempted take over of Smith and Wesson by the Fed?
I couldn’t find any real substantiation of the story I saw.
The obama admistration is going to lay low on the gun laws until his second term. He’ll have international people in here by then and I think they passed the brown shirt voluntary mandatory law.
With acorn, and states with no ID for voter registration he’ll get the vote unless America wakes up, and with the majority of the people more interested in American idol than they are in there own lives we’re in trouble.
Who will be the republican leader?? Jeb bush, Romney, Palin??/
I want John Bolton to step up to the plate.
Now your talking!
The old Smith & Wesson cut a deal with NY or Boston regarding gun liability. They were owned by the British at the time. Everyone boycotted S&W and the company cratered. The Brits sold it back to an American group who ripped up the agreement and repented. We now buy S&W products. Fine wheel guns and a great (if blemished) history. This all happened during the Clinton onslaught on the 2A.
Are you kidding? Only if they want to get their butts shot off! Criminals and terrorists don't move into armed camps!
The interstate commerce clause won't apply if Montana is a sovereign state...it only applies to the remainder of the united states...
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