Crazy old Militia dudes be sportin' firearms right alongside the Border Patrol.
Posted on 11/15/2014 1:43:20 PM PST by Enlightened1
"AUSTIN, November 14, 2014– A Texas legislator has introduced a new bill to derail the enforcement of virtually all federal gun control measures within the state’s borders.
Landreth has suggested that this could create a domino effect.
Introduced by newly re-elected State Representative Tim Kleinschmidt (R-Lexington), House Bill 176 (HB176) declares all federal restrictions on the right to keep and bear arms to be “invalid” and “not enforceable” within the state of Texas. It bill reads, in part:
A federal law, including a statute, an executive, administrative, or court order, or a rule, that infringes on a law-abiding citizen’s right to keep and bear arms under the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution or Section 23, Article I, Texas Constitution, is invalid and not enforceable in this state.
If passed into law, all government agencies and employees within Texas would be banned from enforcing any federal law in violation of the act. The prohibition on enforcement includes any federal legislation that:
(1) imposes a tax, fee, or stamp on a firearm, firearm accessory, or firearm ammunition that is not common to all other goods and services and may be reasonably expected to create a chilling effect on the purchase or ownership of those items by a law-abiding citizen;
(2) requires the registration or tracking of a firearm, firearm accessory, or firearm ammunition or the owners of those items that may be reasonably expected to create a chilling effect on the purchase or ownership of those items by a law-abiding citizen;
(3) prohibits the possession, ownership, use, or transfer of a firearm, firearm accessory, or firearm ammunition by a law-abiding citizen;
(4) orders the confiscation of a firearm, firearm accessory, or firearm ammunition from a law-abiding citizen."
(Excerpt) Read more at benswann.com ...
Here is the link to the Texas Legislator.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=84R&Bill=HB176
Hope it sticks. Liberal Democrats hate freedoms. They have a quest to control everyone
Sounds good so far...
There is a reason they are called “sovereign states”.
Well...the Feds can ignore their own laws to move weapons across the border. Turnabout is fair play.
States did it for pot.
Cities did it for illegal aliens; “Sanctuary Cities”.
The President did it for all manner of laws he happened not to fancy.
People are BEING LED.
The 2nd Amendment certainly back it up. “...shall not be infringed...”
The whole gun industry should simply pick up and move to Texas.
Written law has little bearing upon guns in Texas.
Good, bad or indifferent..
It’s about d*** time someone did this. That’s what I love about Texas.
TEXAS, where there’s a guitar in every closet and a gun in every pickup.
GOOD FOR TEXAS!
“...the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed...”
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I don’t see any criminal penalties available for federal employees violating the act. Without penalties available they will continue to act. One of weaknesses of the Bill of Rights is that there is no penalty backing up all those ‘shall nots.’
Crazy old Militia dudes be sportin' firearms right alongside the Border Patrol.
You been looking in my truck??!!!
They should do this with all Federal law ....and withhold federal taxes....you send your tax return to the state....the Feds get money only for things required Defense...air traffic control ect...starve the Feds..
Liberals understand it they just fail to rspect it.
Overturned by 9th circuit in 3...2....1
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has no jurisdiction in Texas.
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