Posted on 07/26/2009 3:11:02 PM PDT by DariusBane
(1) the manufacture, distribution, and importation of firearms is inherently commercial in nature;
(2) firearms regularly move in interstate commerce;
(3) to the extent that firearms trafficking is intrastate in nature, it arises out of and is substantially connected with a commercial transaction, which, when viewed in the aggregate, substantially affects interstate commerce;
(4) because the intrastate and interstate trafficking of firearms are so commingled, full regulation of interstate commerce requires the incidental regulation of intrastate commerce;
(5) gun violence in the United States is associated with the majority of homicides, over half the suicides, and two-thirds of non-fatal violent injuries; and
(6) on the afternoon of May 10, 2007, Blair Holt, a junior at Julian High School in Chicago, was killed on a public bus riding home from school when he used his body to shield a girl who was in the line of fire after a young man boarded the bus and started shooting.
(b) Sense of the Congress- It is the sense of the Congress that--
(1) firearms trafficking is prevalent and widespread in and among the States, and it is usually impossible to distinguish between intrastate trafficking and interstate trafficking; and
(2) it is in the national interest and within the role of the Federal Government to ensure that the regulation of firearms is uniform among the States, that law enforcement can quickly and effectively trace firearms used in crime, and that firearms owners know how to use and safely store their firearms.
(c) Purposes- The purposes of this Act and the amendments made by this Act are--
(1) to protect the public against the unreasonable risk of injury and death associated with the unrecorded sale or transfer of qualifying firearms to criminals and youth;
(Excerpt) Read more at thomas.loc.gov ...
Hitler’s Dictatorship in action. Call the NRA and get on the telephone.
Expose them to America now.
Hey bobbyrush, I got a new black Panther for ya.....
Should we spend a year listing unconstitutional crap that is law and nobody cares about?
It’ll pass anything the liberals want it to pass.
Are you speaking of the same Supreme Court that wouldn’t lift a hand to help stop the voter fraud registration in Ohio during 2008 election? hahahahaha
I got a call from the NRA on this one today so I googled it.
Dumbest parts:
No one under 18 may posses a fire arm which means I can’t send my 16 year old son off to shoot some squirrels.
A ban on “any semiautomatic firearm that can accept any detachable ammunition feeding device” which disqualifies my $250 .22 Ruger rifle I use for plinking.
For those who don’t own one, .22 semi automatics are the best to give kids for practice as they are cheap to buy, cheap to own, light to carry and don’t have to be reloaded after every little shot.
mr rush, don’t call a Panther...
It might anther...( my apologies to Ogden Nash.... )
Bobby Rush isn’t he J.J.Kid Dynomite from Good Times brother. They sure look like they could be twins.
I didn’t know Castro had brain surgery, that’s the first Ive heard of it.
This is a challenge: Pass such a law. People from all over the country from all walks of life — who own no gun and don’t plan to — will rise up and demand the federal government go back in its little, restricted box.
I’m sick of pos marxists trying to take my rights away.
(4) because the intrastate and interstate trafficking of firearms are so commingled, full regulation of interstate commerce requires the incidental regulation of intrastate commerce;
Congress has used this dodge before, but it has always struck me as a violation of both the letter and the spirit of the Constitution.
Intrastate commerce is not interstate commerce, no matter how much one may be alleged to "affect" or be "commingled" with the other. It is hard to imagine that the Framers intended the commerce clause to justify any and all regulation of private enterprise by the national government.
Seen Bobby Rush on Fox, and he looks ancient, I mean ANCIENT!
Wizened, shriveled up, graybearded, nearly inarticulate, his days as Black Panther Bad Dude are decades gone (I’m near his age, BTW).
Agree, this is old news and whoever on his staff concocted the language in HR 45, knows it doesn’t stand a prayer.
Dems are evil but not stupid, and they either know or perceive that the people are arming to the teeth.
Say ya’ll - what are the best firearm news sites?
Bill is from January 6, ‘09. I don’t believe it ever went anywhere.
Which would obviously include all the Evil Black Rifles and SKS-pattern rifles, but as well all the M-1 Garands out there.
From the ultimate authority (not), wikipedia:
“The Court essentially concluded that in no way was the carrying of handguns a commercial activity or even related to any sort of economic enterprise, even under the most extravagant definitions.[14]
The opinion rejected the government's argument that because crime negatively impacted education Congress might have reasonably concluded that crime in schools substantially affects commerce.”
What a bunch of Nazis. The upshot is, Obamamessiah and his merry band of would-be dictators are turning off Americans faster than Jeremiah Write can say G... D.... America.
Most news eventually shows up here, http://www.ar15.com/forums/forum.html?b=1&f=5 or the NRA website.
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