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Texas Proposal: JAIL Any Federal Officials Trying to Enforce New Gun Restrictions in the State
WOAI Radio ^ | 1/15/2013 | Jim Forsyth

Posted on 01/15/2013 11:50:28 AM PST by Ironfocus

A Texas lawmaker says he plans to file the Firearms Protection Act, which would make any federal laws that may be passed by Congress or imposed by Presidential order which would ban or restrict ownership of semi-automatic firearms or limit the size of gun magazines illegal in the state, 1200 WOAI news reports.

Republican Rep. Steve Toth says his measure also calls for felony criminal charges to be filed against any federal official who tries to enforce the rule in the state.

"If a federal official comes into the state of Texas to enforce the federal executive order, that person is subject to criminal prosecution," Toth told 1200 WOAI's Joe Pags Tuesday. He says his bill would make attempting to enforce a federal gun ban in Texas punishable by a $50,000 fine and up to five years in prison.

Toth says he will file his measure after speaking with the state's Republican Attorney General, Greg Abbott, who has already vowed to fight any federal measures which call for restrictions on weapons possession.

Toth concedes that he would welcome a legal fight over his proposals.

"At some point there needs to be a showdown between the states and the federal government over the Supremacy Clause," he said.

The Supremacy Clause is the portion of the Constitution which declares that federal laws and statutes are 'the supreme law of the land.'

"It is our responsibility to push back when those laws are infringed by King Obama," Toth said.

Texas is the second state to propose a measure to shield the state from the impact of any gun possession restrictions imposed by Congress or by Presidential order. A similar measure was introduced in Wyoming last week.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; US: Alabama; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: banglist; donttreadonme; federal; guncontrol; nocompromise; secondamendment; texas; wewillnotcomply; youwillnotdisarmus
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1 posted on 01/15/2013 11:50:43 AM PST by Ironfocus
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To: Ironfocus

Wow, three in a row by different posters. This must be some kind of record.


2 posted on 01/15/2013 11:52:02 AM PST by fhayek
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To: fhayek

I agree. We should have some kind of celebration.


3 posted on 01/15/2013 11:53:16 AM PST by bigheadfred
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To: bigheadfred

Well, we COULD fire off guns in the air...


4 posted on 01/15/2013 11:54:40 AM PST by fhayek
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To: fhayek

This is how the 11th amendment came into being, Georgia actually did the same thing.

God Bless Texas, may she and her sister States follow thou.


5 posted on 01/15/2013 11:56:13 AM PST by Monorprise
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To: Ironfocus

TX maybe overcome with immigration (from other states).


6 posted on 01/15/2013 11:56:13 AM PST by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: fhayek

EXACTLY!!!! ....what I was just typing....


7 posted on 01/15/2013 11:56:25 AM PST by bigheadfred
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To: fhayek
we COULD fire off guns in the air

Waste of ammo you may need later.
Honk your horn instead.

8 posted on 01/15/2013 11:57:13 AM PST by grobdriver (Sic semper tyrannis!)
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To: Ironfocus

Works for me...

Attempting to enforce an illegal edict is a crime in and of itself.

USC Title 18 Section 242. Deprivation of Civil Rights under Color of Law.


9 posted on 01/15/2013 11:58:45 AM PST by Dead Corpse (I will not comply.)
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To: Ironfocus

Texas is making it very tempting to leave the People’s Republic of Maryland.


10 posted on 01/15/2013 11:58:55 AM PST by dartuser ("If you are ... what you were ... then you're not.")
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To: fhayek; bigheadfred
Texas breakfast is good anytime of day:)
11 posted on 01/15/2013 11:59:25 AM PST by sunny48
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To: sunny48

There is enough bacon there to make a spare wind chime. BTW, is that a pig out or a pig in???


12 posted on 01/15/2013 12:03:05 PM PST by bigheadfred
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To: Ironfocus

May my home state of Arizona be the next to pass this legislation


13 posted on 01/15/2013 12:03:27 PM PST by clamper1797 (De-throne King Obozo)
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To: bigheadfred

Mine is better, I am from Texas.

I searched and didn’t see it posted. The mods should pull it as a duplicate if they see fit.


14 posted on 01/15/2013 12:03:43 PM PST by Ironfocus
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To: Ironfocus

Yes. Pass legislation immediately to arrest anyone trying to violate the 2nd amendment.


15 posted on 01/15/2013 12:04:57 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Ironfocus

This is worthy of posting three times.


16 posted on 01/15/2013 12:07:00 PM PST by txjeep
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To: Dead Corpse

I think Perry should just issue his own executive orders nullifying the executive orders from His Lordship. And then stand back and laugh at the hissyfit that is bound come to from the communists.


17 posted on 01/15/2013 12:07:06 PM PST by Ironfocus
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To: sunny48

Looks good,what’s for dessert?


18 posted on 01/15/2013 12:08:56 PM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: clamper1797

Given recent history I’m sure they will not be far behind in Arizona.


19 posted on 01/15/2013 12:09:08 PM PST by Ironfocus
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To: Ironfocus; ConservativeInPA

lololol

What this means is that you, me and ConservativeInPA were all surfing Drudge at the same time.

So we all 3 posted it to FR at the same time.


20 posted on 01/15/2013 12:09:37 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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