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ATF tells TN that a federal gun law trumps the state’s
Commercial Appeal ^
| september 23, 2009
| Richard Locker
Posted on 09/23/2009 7:28:59 PM PDT by HogsBreath
NASHVILLE - The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has told Tennessee gun dealers to disregard a state statute that exempts firearms made and sold inside Tennessee from federal gun laws and registration.
The ATF says the federal laws still apply regardless of the state's move.
The Tennessee legislature considered and approved several bills this year to reduce restrictions on firearms, including one bill that its sponsors labeled the "Tennessee Firearms Freedom Act." It passed overwhelmingly, the House 87-1 and the Senate 22-7, despite warnings by some lawmakers that it could subject Tennessee citizens to federal prosecution and imprisonment.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: 10thamendment; 2nd; atf; banglist; batfe; bootthebatfe; commerceclause; donttreadonme; guns; jbt; liberalfascism; raich; shallnotbeinfringed; statesrights; teaparty; tennessee; tenthamendment; wickard
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Just in case you believed in that 'states rights' thingy.
To: HogsBreath
Tennessee seceded once. Will it do so twice?
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posted on
09/23/2009 7:30:36 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(The Democrat party is a criminal enterprise.)
To: HogsBreath
There’s not going to be anywhere to go...
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posted on
09/23/2009 7:30:41 PM PDT
by
madison10
To: HogsBreath
Yep, just remember folks the tenth ammendment and the rest of the constitution is all fiction now. How’s that hope and changey thing working for us again?
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posted on
09/23/2009 7:31:06 PM PDT
by
WVNight
(We havn't played Cowboys and Muslims yet....)
To: HogsBreath
Federal Law oversees State Law whether we like it or not
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posted on
09/23/2009 7:32:29 PM PDT
by
Dov in Houston
(The word Amnesty invokes a passion in me. Illegal immigrants are criminals. Supporters Aid & Abet)
To: HogsBreath
This was expected. Next comes a test case for the USSC to overturn that earlier ruling Glenn Beck was always talking about.
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posted on
09/23/2009 7:32:39 PM PDT
by
sand lake bar
(Take that thing off your head and act like an American!)
To: WVNight
We need an amendment that will take at least another couple hundred years for Uncle Sham to figure out how to trump.
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posted on
09/23/2009 7:32:50 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(The Democrat party is a criminal enterprise.)
To: HogsBreath
There’s a states rights list around here somewhere. Those folks need a ping.
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posted on
09/23/2009 7:33:10 PM PDT
by
Sax
To: madison10
There’s not going to be anywhere to go...
but up.
Let us pray to Divine Providence...as our forefathers did.
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posted on
09/23/2009 7:33:22 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: sand lake bar
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posted on
09/23/2009 7:33:27 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(The Democrat party is a criminal enterprise.)
To: tet68
Providence won’t be happy with us if we are disobedient to it.
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posted on
09/23/2009 7:34:27 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(The Democrat party is a criminal enterprise.)
To: madison10
To: HogsBreath
Constitution trumps Federal Gun Law
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posted on
09/23/2009 7:34:53 PM PDT
by
Domandred
(Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system. I am Jim Thompson.)
To: HogsBreath
And where does fedgov claim authority to regulate guns? The Commerce Clause!
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posted on
09/23/2009 7:35:20 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: Dov in Houston
Federal Law oversees State Law whether we like it or not Within Constitutional limits.
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posted on
09/23/2009 7:35:56 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
To: HogsBreath
Not so fast.
Arizona permitted carry was not nixed by the feds.
ATF may be over reaching here.
This ought to become quite interesting.
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posted on
09/23/2009 7:36:38 PM PDT
by
Candor7
(The effective weapons against Fascism are ridicule, derision, and truth (Member NRA)
To: Dov in Houston
And the Supreme Court in the KELO case say if the people want change they must get the state to enact them.
To: Dov in Houston
And the Constitution trumps federal law.
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posted on
09/23/2009 7:38:28 PM PDT
by
djsherin
(Government is essentially the negation of liberty.)
To: Candor7
Can Tennessee simply exclude the FedGuv from within its borders?
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posted on
09/23/2009 7:38:28 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(The Democrat party is a criminal enterprise.)
To: Dov in Houston
Federal Law oversees State Law whether we like it or not There is this little thing called the Constitution that requires the Fed to have jurisdiction. That have none in this case.
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posted on
09/23/2009 7:38:36 PM PDT
by
SampleMan
(No one should die on a gov. waiting list., or go broke because the gov. has dictated their salary.)
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