HB 95 Wyoming Firearms Freedom Act -2
Wyoming to federales: Lock and load!
Posted on 02/10/2010 4:15:28 AM PST by marktwain
Alert - New Legislation HB 95 Wyoming Firearms Freedom Act -2
Don't be confused by similar legislation, Miller HB 28 just doesn't go far enough.
To see a comparison between HB 28 and HB 95 click here you will see Representative Jaggi (pronounced Ya-Gee) has introduced legislation with "real teeth".
“As gun guy and someone that believes the federal government is out of control, I wanted to introduce legislation fitting to Wyoming” said Representative Allen Jaggi.
HB 95 Wyoming Firearm Freedom Act - 2 click here
This legislation is a combination of Alaska and New Hampshire's Firearms Freedom Act containing both a penalties clause like New Hampshire as well as a defense clause like Alaska.
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
nice. that does sound like a strong bill.
2010 STATE OF WYOMING 10LSO-0274
STATE OF WYOMING
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0095
Wyoming Firearms Freedom Act-2.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Jaggi, Brechtel, Childers,
Davison, Illoway, Madden, McKim, Pedersen,
Quarberg, Shepperson and Teeters and
Senator(s) Burns, Case, Cooper, Dockstader
and Jennings
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to the Wyoming Firearms Freedom Act;
2 establishing a Wyoming Firearms Freedom Act; providing that
3 specified firearms that are manufactured, sold, purchased,
4 possessed and used exclusively within Wyoming shall be
5 exempt from federal regulation, including registration
6 requirements; providing exceptions; creating offenses;
7 providing penalties; authorizing the attorney general to
8 defend specified actions; providing legislative findings
9 and declarations of authority; and providing for an
10 effective date.
11
12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
13
14 Section 1. W.S. 6-8-402 through 6-8-406 are created
15 to read:
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2 6-8-402. Short title; applicability.
3
4 (a) This act shall be known and may be cited as the
5 "Wyoming Firearms Freedom Act".
6
7 (b) This act shall apply to firearms, firearm
8 accessories and ammunition that are manufactured in
9 Wyoming.
10
11 6-8-403. Definitions.
12
13 (a) As used in this act:
14
15 (i) "Borders of Wyoming" means the boundaries of
16 Wyoming as described in Section 2 of the Act of Admission
17 of the state of Wyoming, 26 United States Statutes at
18 Large, 222, chapter 664;
19
20 (ii) "Firearm" means any weapon which will or is
21 designed to expel a projectile by the action of an
22 explosive;
23
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1 (iii) "Firearms accessories" means items that
2 are used in conjunction with or mounted upon a firearm but
3 are not essential to the basic function of a firearm,
4 including, but not limited to, telescopic or laser sights,
5 magazines, flash or sound suppressors, folding or
6 aftermarket stocks and grips, speedloaders, ammunition
7 carriers, optics for target identification and lights for
8 target illumination;
9
10 (iv) "Generic and insignificant parts" includes,
11 but is not limited to, springs, screws, nuts and pins;
12
13 (v) "Manufactured" means that a firearm, a
14 firearm accessory or ammunition has been created from basic
15 materials for functional usefulness, including, but not
16 limited to forging, casting, machining, molding or other
17 processes for working materials;
18
19 (vi) "This act" means W.S. 6-8-401 through
20 6-8-406.
21
22 6-8-404. Regulation by state of firearms, firearms
23 accessories and ammunition manufactured in Wyoming;
24 exceptions.
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2 (a) A personal firearm, a firearm accessory or
3 ammunition that is manufactured commercially or privately
4 in Wyoming and that remains exclusively within the borders
5 of Wyoming is not subject to federal law, federal taxation
6 or federal regulation, including registration, under the
7 authority of the United States congress to regulate
8 interstate commerce. It is declared by the Wyoming
9 legislature that those items have not traveled in
10 interstate commerce. This section applies to a firearm, a
11 firearm accessory or ammunition that is manufactured in
12 Wyoming from basic materials and that can be manufactured
13 without the inclusion of any significant parts imported
14 from another state or foreign country. Generic and
15 insignificant parts that have other manufacturing or
16 consumer product applications are not firearms, firearms
17 accessories or ammunition, and their importation into
18 Wyoming and incorporation into a firearm, firearm accessory
19 or ammunition manufactured in Wyoming does not subject the
20 firearm, firearm accessory or ammunition to federal
21 regulation. It is declared by the Wyoming legislature that
22 basic industrial materials, such as, but not limited to,
23 polymers, unmachined metal, ferrous or nonferrous, bar
24 stock, ingots or forgings and unshaped wood, are not
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1 firearms, firearms accessories or ammunition and are not
2 subject to congressional authority to regulate firearms,
3 firearms accessories and ammunition under interstate
4 commerce as if they were actually firearms, firearms
5 accessories or ammunition. The authority of the United
6 States congress to regulate interstate commerce in basic
7 materials does not include authority to regulate firearms,
8 firearm accessories and ammunition made within Wyoming
9 borders from those materials. Firearms accessories that
10 are imported into Wyoming from another state and that are
11 subject to federal regulation as being in interstate
12 commerce do not subject a firearm to federal regulation
13 under interstate commerce because the firearm accessory is
14 attached to or used in conjunction with a firearm in
15 Wyoming.
16 (b) A firearm manufactured or sold in Wyoming under
17 this act shall have the words, "made in Wyoming" clearly
18 stamped, inscribed or otherwise marked on a central part of
19 the firearm, such as the receiver or frame.
20
21 6-8-405. Offenses and penalties; defense of Wyoming
22 citizens.
23
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1 (a) Any public servant of the state of Wyoming, as
2 defined in W.S. 6-5-101, who enforces or attempts to
3 enforce any act, order, law, statute, rule or regulation of
4 the United States government relating to a personal
5 firearm, firearm accessory or ammunition that is
6 manufactured commercially or privately in Wyoming and that
7 remains exclusively within the borders of Wyoming shall be
8 guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be
9 subject to imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a
10 fine of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), or
11 both.
12
13 (b) Any official, agent or employee of the United
14 States government who enforces or attempts to enforce any
15 act, order, law, statute, rule or regulation of the United
16 States government upon a personal firearm, a firearm
17 accessory or ammunition that is manufactured commercially
18 or privately in Wyoming and that remains exclusively within
19 the borders of Wyoming shall be guilty of a felony and,
20 upon conviction, shall be subject to imprisonment for not
21 more than two (2) years, a fine of not more than ten
22 thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.
23
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1 (c) The attorney general may defend a citizen of
2 Wyoming who is prosecuted by the United States government
3 for violation of a federal law relating to the manufacture,
4 sale, transfer or possession of a firearm, a firearm
5 accessory or ammunition manufactured and retained
6 exclusively within the borders of Wyoming.
7
8 6-8-406. Legislative findings and declaration of
9 authority.
10
11 (a) The legislature declares that the authority for
12 W.S. 6-8-402 through 6-8-406 is the following:
13
14 (i) The tenth amendment to the United States
15 constitution guarantees to the states and their people all
16 powers not granted to the federal government elsewhere in
17 the constitution and reserves to the state and the people
18 of Wyoming certain powers as they were understood at the
19 time that Wyoming was admitted to statehood in 1890. The
20 guaranty of those powers is a matter of contract between
21 the state and people of Wyoming and the several states
22 comprising the United States as of the time the Act of
23 Admission was agreed upon and adopted by Wyoming and the
24 several states comprising the United States in 1889;
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2 (ii) The ninth amendment to the United States
3 constitution guarantees to the people rights not granted in
4 the constitution and reserves to the people of Wyoming
5 certain rights, as they were understood at the time Wyoming
6 was admitted to statehood in 1890. The guaranty of those
7 rights is a matter of contract between the state and people
8 of Wyoming and the several states comprising the United
9 States as of the time the Act of Admission was agreed upon
10 and adopted by Wyoming and the United States in 1889;
11
12 (iii) The regulation of intrastate commerce is
13 vested in the states under the ninth and tenth amendments
14 to the United States constitution, particularly if not
15 expressly preempted by federal law pursuant to article 1,
16 section 8 of the United States constitution. The United
17 States congress has not expressly preempted state
18 regulation of intrastate commerce pertaining to the
19 manufacture on an intrastate basis of firearms, firearms
20 accessories and ammunition;
21
22 (iv) The second amendment to the United States
23 constitution reserves to the people the right to keep and
24 bear arms as that right was understood at the time the
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1 original states ratified the bill of rights to the United
2 States constitution, and the guaranty of the right is a
3 matter of contract between the state and people of Wyoming
4 and the United States as of the time the Act of Admission
5 was agreed upon and adopted by Wyoming and the United
6 States in 1889;
7
8 (v) Article 1, section 24, of the Wyoming
9 constitution secures the right of citizens the right to
10 keep and bear arms and this right shall not be denied.
11 This right predates the United States constitution and the
12 Wyoming constitution and is unchanged from the 1890 Wyoming
13 constitution, which was approved by congress and the people
14 of Wyoming, and the right exists, as it was agreed upon and
15 adopted by Wyoming and the United States in the Act of
16 Admission;
17
18 (vi) Article 1, section 1, of the Wyoming
19 constitution provides that all power is inherent in the
20 people, and all free governments are founded on their
21 authority, and instituted for their peace, safety and
22 happiness; for all the advancement of these ends they have
23 at all times an inalienable and indefeasible right to
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1 alter, reform or abolish the government in such manner as
2 they may think proper;
3
4 (vii) Article 1, section 7, of the Wyoming
5 constitution provides that absolute, arbitrary power over
6 the lives, liberty and property of freemen exists nowhere
7 in a republic, not even in the largest majority;
8
9 (viii) Article 1, sections 1 and 7, of the
10 Wyoming constitution clearly provide that the people of the
11 state have the sole and exclusive right of governing
12 themselves as a free, sovereign and independent state, and
13 do so and forever hereafter shall exercise and enjoy every
14 power, jurisdiction and right, pertaining thereto, which is
15 not, or may not hereafter be, by them expressly delegated
16 to the United States of America;
17
18 (ix) The declaration of independence clearly
19 provides that government derives its power directly from
20 the consent of the governed and Wyoming affirms the
21 language of the second paragraph of the declaration of
22 independence which states "We hold these truths to be self-
23 evident, that all men are created equal, that they are
24 endowed by the Creator with certain inalienable Rights,
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1 that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of
2 Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are
3 instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the
4 consent of the governed...".
5
6 Section 2. W.S. 6-8-401 by creating a new subsection
7 (a) and by amending and renumbering (a) as (c) is amended
8 to read:
9
10 6-8-401. Firearm, weapon and ammunition regulation
11 and prohibition by state.
12
13 (a) The Wyoming legislature finds that the right to
14 keep and bear arms is a fundamental right that predates the
15 United States constitution and the Wyoming constitution.
16 The Wyoming legislature affirms this right as a
17 constitutionally protected right in every part of Wyoming.
18
19 (a)(c) The sale, transfer, purchase, delivery,
20 taxation, manufacture, ownership, transportation, storage,
21 use and possession of firearms, weapons and ammunition
22 shall be authorized, regulated and prohibited by the state,
23 and regulation thereof is preempted by the state. Except as
24 authorized by W.S. 15-1-103(a)(xviii), no city, town, or
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1 county, political subdivision or any other entity shall
2 authorize, regulate or prohibit the sale, transfer,
3 purchase, delivery, taxation, manufacture, ownership,
4 transportation, storage, use, carrying or possession of
5 firearms, weapons, and accessories, components or
6 ammunition except as specifically provided by this chapter.
7 This section shall not affect zoning or other ordinances
8 which encompass firearms businesses along with other
9 businesses. Zoning and other ordinances which are designed
10 for the purpose of restricting or prohibiting the sale,
11 purchase, transfer or manufacture of firearms or ammunition
12 as a method of regulating firearms or ammunition are in
13 conflict with this section and are prohibited.
14
15 Section 3. W.S. 6-8-401(b) is repealed.
16
17 Section 4. This act is effective immediately upon
18 completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
19 as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
20 Constitution.
21
22 (END)
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Wyoming Cowboy bump.
Just an update on this bill. The Wyoming legislature is in a budget session. This requires a 2/3’s majority vote for any non-budget bill to even be introduced. That said, the bill passed introduction with a vote of 45 ayes 13 nays (2 excused). One of the co-sponsors is the Majority Whip, who is a strong conservative.
The biggest negative facing this bill in the House is that it was referred to the Judiciary committee where the chairman is a RINO from Jackson; Chairman Gingery did vote no on the floor. Fortunately, Representative Quarberg (the Majority Whip) is also on the committee. Hopefully she can put enough pressure on Gingery to get it through committee. This is a short session though (only 4 weeks), so the bill only has until the 23rd to get out of committee and pass three seperate votes on the floor.
HB 95 Wyoming Firearms Freedom Act -2
I would change the word "explosive" to "propellent". Smokeless powder isn't an explosive. BATFE might attempt a challenge on the basis that they can regulate explosives.
Well I’ll be dog gone!
Like I’ve said before, if it doesn’t include full autos, the act means nothing.
Please contact the legislators in Wyoming directly to address this.
But then, I'm not a lawyer.
Billbob? holdonnow? Do you have comments on this?
“14 (i) The tenth amendment to the United States
15 constitution guarantees to the states and their people all
16 powers not granted to the federal government elsewhere in
17 the constitution and reserves to the state and the people
18 of Wyoming certain powers as they were understood at the
19 time that Wyoming was admitted to statehood”
This is what my approach to the 10th Amendment has been. Nobody in their right mind would enter into a contract they coundn’t excuse themself out of if the other party violates or attempts to alter the meaning of the contract.
The states would have never ratified the Constitution without an opt out provision of their contract, which is still the 10th amendment.
Just another update. This bill and the concealed carry act are on the committee’s schedule for tomorrow morning.
http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2010/Calendar/hcom0216.htm
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