Posted on 04/07/2010 5:28:05 PM PDT by pissant
State officials in Wyoming and Utah plan to enter a lawsuit pending in Montana to argue the federal government lacks authority to regulate firearms that are made and sold in the same state.
The attorneys general of Wyoming and Utah say they plan to file a brief in the Montana case this week. It's possible other states may sign on as well.
The states involved have adopted "firearms freedom" laws that seek to exempt guns manufactured and sold in the same state from federal regulations.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsvine.com ...
The federal government has nothing to do or say about states’ guns rights. Give ‘em hell!
The U.S. Department of Justice seems to think it is exempt from the Constitution.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
We the people have had about enough of that attitude.
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