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Published: Fri, 15 May 2009
Description: New Montana law short-circuits federal gun laws
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" Beat the best thing you can be. United States of America. Dallas -- have that was one month ago today believe it or not all of the where we're at the Alamo we're back with our us specialist civil list of -- which. I'm pretty sure isn't a word and I'm pretty sure that Steve eagle there will point that out. It's part of the 912 project Qaeda take your country back. And the percent say -- and you are I mean round of applause that was. President of commercial break let's see how professional -- really -- heroes really going to throw -- I'm going through a well I think wordperfect okay. Let me go to let me go to Gary mar. Mark I'm sorry Gary had to -- your last name are. Margaret Margaret. And -- bonnet if I don't coming glasses -- and Agile and Gary. Are from Montana. You can tell. Because you don't see a lot of these on the streets of New York and Gary this this is actually your idea this gun law you started it. It tell me the theory behind it."
" We'll theory is to challenge. The commerce clause power of congress I'm with the tenth amendment spin. What the bill says though there's no law Montana. Visiting firearms ammunition and -- accessories made and retain in Montana. Are simply not subject to any federal jurisdiction under the power of congress to regulate commerce among the states."
" OK. Julia put this in euros state -- you put it in the governor signed it it's now law it goes into effect October 1 -- okay. Why did you do this. When I believe that the purpose of government is to protect her life liberty and property. And when I saw this idea had been aware that the federal government has been overreaching in its power for a long time and I thought you know this is something that appeals to me. And I didn't go to the legislation to be a rubber stamp for more regulation I went there to protect people's freedom and this is a great vehicle to -- okay so. So Gary how does this how does this work now I going in and I -- I mean I'll have I don't have to have a federal. Background check. "
" guns that if this goes then once this begins to bear fruit that's correct we plan to litigate this through the courts. In we have some other strategies were working on to effectuate this but we all have to wait until it it's resolved in the courts I think."
" OK well wolf what you guys say if -- had few. I think background check not necessarily. A bad idea. You know -- some guy walking your blue -- mood I was -- gun store in Pennsylvania. And this girl I'm not kidding YouTube to be locked in some you know twenty year old dope and his girlfriend and she needs you know you won she said."
" I know those compute the people really don't want and I just looked to the guy behind count I said don't let her arm but he did."
" I'm I think we should have some standards to what do you say about. Standards having some got a standard but we don't have those kind of people want him or --"
" You're right. At least we have fewer need to do we want to sell our us. We want to -- our own standards and should be allowed to have guns and we don't want the federal standards were not the same as New Jersey or California or somewhere else. In if we want to put restrictions on who. Can possess firearms they should be our restrictions in the fit our culture and our people."
" But people will say. Kevin and and judge people will say will -- where I mean that we are all part of a union we all have to work together Kevin here's your smile like yes gotten help lower. -- to. There are two levels on what -- to approach this question one as theoretical level on a theoretical level -- are exactly right that the federal government is grabbing power to regulate these things than anything else and it comes to mind that it's not supposed to have. And so I applaud them and trying to figure out way to confront the federal government and and get it to rain is so thin. Is a good idea on the other hand practically. First time this matter -- the new federal court -- its cost judge. Well I think."
" The more states that do it the more pressure there will be on the congress to realize. That the states are serious about preventing the congress from taking power away from it. For example if this were extended. In another step further like the state of Montana forbids all police. Local regional and state from enforcing federal laws in Montana. The federal government simply lacks the resources and the money to enforce all of its laws without the State's helping them so the more. Pilings on there is the more judges will realize something's going on."
" Here -- let me go to -- zero you're a representative in the state of Texas effectively Texas. You guys get it."
" And -- no offense Montana and Texas again comic -- If you guys. Are also are indeed taking Gary's amendment is that what you're trying to do or you what are you doing over the next filed his bill in Texas but he'll have the court case in Montana. But Glenn on the ninth to twelve were served twenty years in the military is all of this country just like you do. And we see that we fought against fascism communism. We -- socialist countries throughout the world just languish while we prospered based on free enterprise and individual freedom. We see this president and administration taking -- not to the far left but beyond that the socialists and we don't want to go there. So representative Brendan Creighton and -- filed two bills in Texas. The bills don't really need to pass -- thirty other states did essentially the same thing. But what these bills do is reassert our sovereignty under the ninth and tenth amendments. And we tell the federal government that. If what if they mandate anything honest which is not fully authorized by the US constitution whether to challenge it and not do it. That's the only thing that we can possibly do right now. We don't want to become a socialist state we want to challenge the federal government and I think we can do it. If we get all the state governors together to pool their resources. And any time the federal government comes out with a mandate. That's not authorized by the constitution. We take it right into federal court all of us at -- can't."
" There are we're going to come back here in just a singer we have done -- what we want to give you. Some information on all the stuff that we're talking about he go to -- dot com and a sign of the free you know newsletters going to go out tonight. And it's it's it's all of this including a step by second instruction on how to guide and getting a law like this in your state in your state if it really. We the people are the ones that have to stand up and challenge if we don't do it. You're going to --"
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