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Rep. Massie cites Constitution to slam Biden's upcoming 'ghost gun' rule: 'Congress makes laws'
foxnews ^ | Apr 11, 2022 | By Emma Colton

Posted on 04/11/2022 12:46:54 PM PDT by RandFan

Rep. Thomas Massie and Second Amendment advocates are pushing back against the Biden administration's upcoming rule on "ghost guns," characterizing the rule to rein in privately made firearms without serial numbers as unconstitutional.

"The Constitution does not authorize the federal government to prevent you from making your own firearm. This a fact that has been recognized for 200+ years. Also, Article 1, Section 1 (literally the first operative sentence in the Constitution) says Congress makes law, not POTUS!" Rep. Thomas Massie tweeted Sunday.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; batfe; ghostguns; ghostprostitutes; ghostprostitution; massie; nra; secondamendment; thomasmassie
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1 posted on 04/11/2022 12:46:54 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

That was the old way of doing things.


2 posted on 04/11/2022 12:47:54 PM PDT by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: RandFan

The excutive branch has WAY too much power, and has had too much power for way too long.


3 posted on 04/11/2022 12:48:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: RandFan

I love Massie, he seems to be on the ball challenging all this sort of stuff.


4 posted on 04/11/2022 12:48:51 PM PDT by jimwatx
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To: RandFan

He’s right. The Obama administration wanted to make these changes, so they asked congress to pass a new law clarifying the definition of a receiver. That was 2016.


5 posted on 04/11/2022 12:50:56 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: PROCON

Ping.


6 posted on 04/11/2022 12:52:34 PM PDT by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s a violation of the Oath of Office to even vote for legislation that in any way an infringement on the Second Amendment.


7 posted on 04/11/2022 12:53:03 PM PDT by Captain7seas (When it all shakes out Fauci will be the World Champ in human genocide)
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It’d be nice if he’d charge president mashed potatoes with violation of USC 16 title 242: Deprivation of rights under color of law, instead of just a tweet...


8 posted on 04/11/2022 12:53:07 PM PDT by RandallFlagg ("Okay. As long as the paperwork is clean, you boys can do what you like out there." -Fifi)
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To: RandFan

The ATF is classifying 80% receivers as a firearm if it is “sold, distributed, or possessed with a compatible jig or template.”

So all of those 80% lower kits that include a jig are now firearms. Or will be 120 days after the rule is published in the Federal Register.

Anyone who is a prohibited person who possesses an uncompleted 80% receiver and a jig for that 80% receiver is considered to be in possession of a firearm.


9 posted on 04/11/2022 12:53:43 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: RandFan

I’m still trying to figure out how they can confirm a SCOTUS justice when no vacancy exists?


10 posted on 04/11/2022 12:53:56 PM PDT by granite (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: RandFan

Null and void, illegitimate biden.


11 posted on 04/11/2022 12:54:01 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: BenLurkin

Agree, but the legislative and judicial branch also assumes too much authority. The chains of the constitution must be forced upon the Fed/Gov.


12 posted on 04/11/2022 12:54:36 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: RandFan; mylife; Joe Brower; MaxMax; Randy Larsen; waterhill; Envisioning; AZ .44 MAG; umgud; ...

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13 posted on 04/11/2022 1:07:49 PM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: RandFan

If they can ignore natural born citizen, they can ignore shall not be infringed just as easily.


14 posted on 04/11/2022 1:12:31 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: packagingguy
The Obama administration wanted to make these changes, so they asked congress to pass a new law clarifying the definition of a receiver. That was 2016.

Guess the joke is on the Joetato and his puppet masters then, because that means an injunction against the new rule should take about 15 minutes to get for exceeding statutory authority.

It's even funnier because some circuits have already held that the GCA definition does not match either a complete AR upper or lower.

The danger is that the current crop of Dem scum in control of Congress could try to write a more expansive definition.

15 posted on 04/11/2022 1:15:44 PM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: BenLurkin
The excutive branch has WAY too much power, and has had too much power for way too long.

Clearly, as do these unconstitutional rules coming out of states and various agencies

16 posted on 04/11/2022 1:16:37 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: RandFan

What Constitution?


17 posted on 04/11/2022 1:36:42 PM PDT by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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To: BenLurkin

In fact the Federal Government, across the board, has way too much power and has had too much power for too damned long.


18 posted on 04/11/2022 1:38:32 PM PDT by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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To: Howie66
In fact the Federal Government, across the board, has way too much power and has had too much power for too damned long.

And, way too much of our money and borrowed money.

19 posted on 04/11/2022 1:40:02 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

No argument, here.


20 posted on 04/11/2022 1:42:07 PM PDT by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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