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 ...
Super move.
They may want to prepare for a flood of legal immigrants!
Every state should adopt the same type of bill and tell the progressive elitetists to shove it...
Ping.
That would be the 5th Circuit.
headed to Texas ,
Ya’ll can go to He!!
That already has begun.
I hope your trip goes better than Davy Crockett’s.
Yes, where several of the appellate judges have commented that among themselves, they own enough firearms to equip a small Central American army.
Had to start somewhere, so why NOT Texas!!!
States’ rights, here we go!
The 9th Circus has no say here.
/johnny
The Alamo??
Davey went out like a Patriot.
Cities did it for illegal aliens; “Sanctuary Cities”.
Exactly the examples I was going to cite.
I think the point was for state LEOs to stop making arrests for violating federal laws.
LOL!! I remember that!
Wasn’t one of them asked once how many guns he owned, and he replied, “More than I need,not as many as I want.”
But to the article.
Would this nullify NFA34, GCA68 and the 1986 ban for Texas?
The 2nd amendment specifically prevents the federal government from infringing on the right to own and carry arms.
The 10th amendment specifically reserves these rights to the states.
The 14th amendment specifically says all citizens shall enjoy the same rights.
What is so difficult to understand?
I don’t know. I guess Gruberized brains have faulty synaptic connections.
“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.’”
That was done deliberately. It is settled law that the federal government cannot order state officers to enforce federal law.
There have been several court cases saying that state officers cannot arrest federal officers in the performance of their duties.
The Feds just do not have enough officers to enforce laws locally, so without local enforcers, they are rendered mostly harmless.
“Would this nullify NFA34, GCA68 and the 1986 ban for Texas?”
It would make them very hard to enforce. Texas is looking better and better.
What’s the possibility of this actually going all the way in Texas?
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