MONTANA DEFIES FEDS - THREATENS SECESSION!

Post Scripts ^ | 5/4/09 | Jack Lee

[OneVike]

Montana Governor Signs New Gun Law

Executive Summary - The USA state of Montana has signed into power a revolutionary gun law. I mean REVOLUTIONARY.

The State of Montana has defied the federal government and their gun laws. This will prompt a showdown between the federal government and the State of Montana. The federal government fears citizens owning guns. They try to curtail what types of guns they can own. The gun control laws all have one common goal - confiscation of privately owned firearms.

[ZULU]

I’m a little hazy on this as I read it some time ago.

But Mark Levin in “Men in Black: How the Supreme Court is Destroying America”, said there was a precedent setting case involving a midwestern farmer who was selling wheat. I don;t remember the specifics, but how he was selling it didn’t comply with Federal Law. He maintained he was only selling it in state. The Feds challenged him in court and SCOTUS in a BAD and precedent setting decision said his products COULD cross state lines even though he personally didn’t sell them across state lines and this allowed the camel of federal control to get its nose under the tent and start getting involved in all kinds of regualtions.

Hope Montana wins.

[Straight Vermonter]

Except the Supreme Court ruled against this almost 70 years ago.

...the classic case of Wickard v. Filburn (1942). The Court here decided that a farmer growing wheat for his own use on his own property did in fact fall under the heading of "interstate commerce" and thus was subject to federal regulation. Homegrown wheat, in the Court's words, "supplies a need of the man who grew it which would otherwise be reflected by purchases in the open market. Homegrown wheat in this sense competes with wheat in commerce."

It absolutely makes one's head hurt.

[El Laton Caliente]

Texas has the same law now introduced in it’s House. I heard a State Senator on local Houston radio yesterday saying if it got traction he would introduce it into State Senate...

[OneVike]

Ping;

Big 2nd and 10th amendment article on Montana. This could be huge.

[Dick Bachert]

Good plan. I don’t think naval gunfire could reach Montana.

Cruise missles, on the other hand, are a different story.

Looks like the balloon may be gaining some much needed altitude.

[lilylangtree]

Hooray!

[hiredhand]

This is all meaningless posturing until somebody actually does something. What would garner attention would be something like a gun raid on behalf of the federal authorities, immediately followed by their arrest and incarceration by the local Sheriff. THAT would be something to watch! But this doesn't mean anything until somebody takes it from paper and makes it physical.

The next logical step is a blockading of the harbor at some level...at some point, followed by escalation.

[Eagle Eye]

Illinios?

[mosaicwolf]

Only problem is the Montanans lost their guts and did not include automatic firearms. I don't know exactly what this does except prevent registration or a future assault weapons ban. It didn't challenge the 1934 Federal Firearms act (which was wrongly decided by the way)

Anybody out there in MT land that can correct me on my interpretation I would appreciate it. I am a 1967 UofM grad by the way and love the state except for all the libs from CA moving in and buying up land.

[Straight Vermonter]

Manufactured means assembled. A person could buy components and assemble them and they will have “manufactured” a gun in the state.

The Japanese used to import cars, with a few parts missing, and put the parts on here so they were then manufactured in the USA.

[Gabrial]

“I was wondering what actual gun manufacturers and/or ammunition manufacturers are located in Montana.”

http://www.montanarifleman.com/index.html

[OneVike]

The author is a conservative member of the Ca North Sate. He usually does to them what they do to Republicans.

Jack Lee is a former special forces member of the military and a long time conservative activist who has been fighting the good fight for a very long time.

[FourPeas]

Hmmm, the actual article name is “MONTANA DEFIES FEDS OVER RESTRICTIVE GUN LAWS”. Succession is only mentioned as speculation by the author. Your title is misleading.

[Straight Vermonter]

Wickard v. Filburn (1942)

[Carry_Okie]

They'd have to raise taxes. Montana survives on a net inflow of Federill Funds.

[Straight Vermonter]

I like your image! I put this one together after the election:

[OneVike]

I just posted his title.

[Geoffrey]

Unfortunately, this technique was tried in agriculture back during FDR’s reign. The supreme court decided that a local farmer was still engaged in interstate commerce even if the wheat never even left the farm! This is in Mark Levin’s new book Liberty & Tyranny.

But it still sends a message.

[humblegunner]

We in Texas welcome Montana to the secession.

They can keep that Hannah girl, though.

[mvpel]

Looks like they stopped short of the end zone, by excepting machine guns in Section 5, (4). Odd, considering that they included firearms chambered for 30mm anti-tank rounds.