Texas Doubles Down On Obama's Gun Grab
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2013/01/15 21:04:13
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I'm really starting to like Texas!
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Texas Proposal: JAIL Any Federal Officials Trying to Enforce New Gun Restrictions in the State measure would make any federal firearms legislation passed by Congress or approved by Presidential order unenforceable in Texas
Jim Forsyth
A Texas lawmaker says he plans to file the Firearms Protection Act, which would make any federal laws that may be passed by Congress or imposed by Presidential order which would ban or restrict ownership of semi-automatic firearms or limit the size of gun magazines illegal in the state, 1200 WOAI news reports.
Republican Rep. Steve Toth says his measure also calls for felony criminal charges to be filed against any federal official who tries to enforce the rule in the state.
"If a federal official comes into the state of Texas to enforce the federal executive order, that person is subject to criminal prosecution," Toth told 1200 WOAI's Joe Pags Tuesday. He says his bill would make attempting to enforce a federal gun ban in Texas punishable by a $50,000 fine and up to five years in prison.
Toth says he will file his measure after speaking with the state's Republican Attorney General, Greg Abbott, who has already vowed to fight any federal measures which call for restrictions on weapons possession.
Toth concedes that he would welcome a legal fight over his proposals.
"At some point there needs to be a showdown between the states and the federal government over the Supremacy Clause," he said.
The Supremacy Clause is the portion of the Constitution which declares that federal laws and statutes are 'the supreme law of the land.'
"It is our responsibility to push back when those laws are infringed by King Obama," Toth said.
Texas is the second state to propose a measure to shield the state from the impact of any gun possession restrictions imposed by Congress or by Presidential order. A similar measure was introduced in Wyoming last week.
I'm really starting to like Texas!
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Texas Proposal: JAIL Any Federal Officials Trying to Enforce New Gun Restrictions in the State measure would make any federal firearms legislation passed by Congress or approved by Presidential order unenforceable in Texas
Jim Forsyth
A Texas lawmaker says he plans to file the Firearms Protection Act, which would make any federal laws that may be passed by Congress or imposed by Presidential order which would ban or restrict ownership of semi-automatic firearms or limit the size of gun magazines illegal in the state, 1200 WOAI news reports.
Republican Rep. Steve Toth says his measure also calls for felony criminal charges to be filed against any federal official who tries to enforce the rule in the state.
"If a federal official comes into the state of Texas to enforce the federal executive order, that person is subject to criminal prosecution," Toth told 1200 WOAI's Joe Pags Tuesday. He says his bill would make attempting to enforce a federal gun ban in Texas punishable by a $50,000 fine and up to five years in prison.
Toth says he will file his measure after speaking with the state's Republican Attorney General, Greg Abbott, who has already vowed to fight any federal measures which call for restrictions on weapons possession.
Toth concedes that he would welcome a legal fight over his proposals.
"At some point there needs to be a showdown between the states and the federal government over the Supremacy Clause," he said.
The Supremacy Clause is the portion of the Constitution which declares that federal laws and statutes are 'the supreme law of the land.'
"It is our responsibility to push back when those laws are infringed by King Obama," Toth said.
Texas is the second state to propose a measure to shield the state from the impact of any gun possession restrictions imposed by Congress or by Presidential order. A similar measure was introduced in Wyoming last week.
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Top Opinion
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rich krupa 2013/01/16 19:02:04
The Supremacy Clause issue was settled 1½ centuries ago at the cost of well over 600,000 American lives (at a time when the entire U.S. population was less than a tenth of what it is now).
Does he really “welcome” another such “showdown between the States and the Federal Government”? It’d be over six million dead this time, all else being equal. To put that in perspective, that’s over two thousand 9/11s.
In my posts about quarantine, I was proposing a solution that would have virtually no impact on the Second Amendment, nor on the rights of sane and responsible gun owners, while leveraging long-established and well-accepted precedent.
Basically, any nut case can propose a law, even one as blatantly unconstitutional as this one. And, unlike the dog=person law, this one is probably written in whole sentences.
Can you guess which one?
Believe me... California Sucks..... TEXAS, I'M COMING SOON!
HIGH GAS PRICES? I BLAME OBAMA FOR THAT
WELCOME TO THE GREAT STATE of TEXAS SENOR, REMEMBER, IF YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT REPUBS, WE DON'T WANT YOUR KIND IN TEXAS, SO SENOR PLEASE GO BACK HOME, OR WHEREVER YOU CAME FROM, THANK YOU.
I have family in Texas and they love it there
I have not been on the Computer for the last four days as I was so very sick with the flu going around, vomiting, fainting and light headed confined to bed, I felt I wanted to go home I was so sick
Please forgive me for not getting back to you all sooner
Praise the Lord I am much better feeling now and ready to take on whatever happens...so to speak hahahaah
Jerry
I will consider that area also. When i come to Texas it won't be to look for a Job because I am retired but I want to find a Great area where I can keep my Guns and reduce my taxes
hahahahahaha