This State Just Landed A MASSIVE Right Hook To Federal Gun Grabbers – Flawless Knockout!

by Terresa Monroe-Hamilton | February 20, 2016 1:44 pm

This is fantastic news![1] An Arizona bill has passed that will prohibit state cooperation with the enforcement of all future federal gun control measures, effectively nullifying them in practice within the state. As Judge Napolitano[2] argued on Fox News, a single state taking this step would make federal gun laws “nearly impossible” to enforce. Per the 10th Amendment Center, the federal government relies heavily on state cooperation to implement and enforce almost all of its laws, regulations and acts – including gun laws. By simply withdrawing this necessary cooperation, states can nullify in effect many federal actions. As noted by the National Governor’s Association during the partial government shutdown of 2013, “states are partners with the federal government on most federal programs. Partnerships don’t work too well when half the team quits,” said Michael Boldin of the Tenth Amendment Center. “By withdrawing all resources and participation in federal gun control schemes, the states can effectively bring them down.” Exactly right.

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From Girls Just Wanna Have Guns:

Rep. Anthony Kern (R-Glendale), Rep. Darin Mitc…hell (R-Dist. 13) and Rep. Steve Montenegro (R-Avondale) filed House Bill 2300 (HB2300) in January with three other cosponsors. (Vote Kern for Arizona LD 20[4]) The legislation would prohibit any state or local agency and their employees from knowingly and willingly participating in any way in the enforcement of any future federal act, law, order, rule or regulation issued regarding a personal firearm, a firearm accessory or ammunition “that infringes the right to keep and bear arms guaranteed by the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution or that impairs that right in violation of Article 2, Section 26 of the Arizona constitution”

The bill would also ban the use of state assets or money in the enforcement of future federal gun laws.

Any local government found to have assisted in the enforcement of such federal gun laws in violation of the act would lose all of its state funding the following year. State or local employers would face criminal penalties for knowingly violating the law.

HB2300 is based upon a well-established legal principle known as the anti-commandeering doctrine. Simply put, the federal government cannot force states to help implement or enforce any federal act or program. The anti-commandeering doctrine is based primarily on four Supreme Court cases dating back to 1842. Printz v. US serves as the cornerstone. “We held in New York that Congress cannot compel the States to enact or enforce a federal regulatory program. Today we hold that Congress cannot circumvent that prohibition by conscripting the States’ officers directly. The Federal Government may neither issue directives requiring the States to address particular problems, nor command the States’ officers, or those of their political subdivisions, to administer or enforce a federal regulatory program. It matters not whether policy making is involved, and no case by case weighing of the burdens or benefits is necessary; such commands are fundamentally incompatible with our constitutional system of dual sovereignty.” Arizona has passed the nullification of all future federal gun laws… who’s next? The feds just got KO’d legally. Well done.

Endnotes:
  1. This is fantastic news!: http://girlsjustwannahaveguns.com/passed-arizona-nullifies-all-future-federal-gun-laws/#
  2. Judge Napolitano: http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2016/01/arizona-bill-would-nullify-in-practice-all-new-federal-gun-control-measures/
  3. [Image]: https://rightwingnews1.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Guns1.jpg
  4. Vote Kern for Arizona LD 20: https://www.facebook.com/VoteKernAZ/

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