Montana: Pro-Gun Advocates Appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court

From the Associated Press:

Gun advocates asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to overturn a lower court's ruling against state laws designed to buck federal gun rules.

Earlier this year, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district judge's decision against the 2009 Montana Firearms Freedom Act. The law attempts to declare that federal firearms regulations don't apply to guns kept in the state where they were manufactured.

Other pro-gun states have passed similar measures.

The Justice Department has argued successfully that the courts already have decided Congress can use its power to regulate interstate commerce. Some gun-control advocates sided with the federal argument, saying "firearm freedom acts" would allow felons to obtain guns without background checks and make it harder to trace guns used in crimes.

Gun advocates have long said only the Supreme Court can decide the case because it will have to limit the reach of Congress to regulate guns. The Supreme Court is expected to decide next year whether to accept the request.

The advocates, led by the Montana Shooting Sports Association, have had legal support from the attorneys general from the pro-gun states of Montana, Utah, Alaska, Idaho, Michigan, Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wyoming. States that have formally passed a version of Firearms Freedom Act include Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Kansas, Tennessee, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming.

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Firearms Freedom Act: Has Your State Passed It?

From Political Veracity's Facebook page:

Each of the 8-states that adopted the Firearms Freedom Act thus far NULLIFIED any federal laws interfering with their state's 2nd Amendment rights. Some states have made it a felony for federal agents to attempt to enforce unlawful & unconstitutional federal regulations in their states. Tennessee led the charge in July of 2009 with an overwhelming majority vote in their House & Senate of 109-8.

FFA states are Tennessee (SB 1610), Utah (SB 11), Wyoming (HB 95), South Dakota (SB 89), Arizona (HB 2307), Idaho (HB 589), Alaska (HB 186) & Montana (HB 246). Learn more about your state at http://firearmsfreedomact.com/state-by-state/ .

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Alaska's FFA was one of the last things Gov. Palin signed before leaving office. 

How's YOUR state doing?

Alaska Firearms Freedom Act, Part II

Okay, so the law went into effect today.

So far, no reports of ... well, reports. No gunfire, no "innocent victims" of mindless rampages, no blood running in the streets. The naysayers and hoplophobes predicted far more mayhem.

You're not trying, folks!

Oh, wait. It has been proven, over and over, that more guns = less crime. The hysterical bleating of the nanny-staters notwithstanding, many Alaskans are armed every day ... and yet we don't shoot up our workplaces, Wally World, or whatever.

Sorry if you're offended. I'm not.

Alaska Firearms Freedom Act Takes Effect Today

The local NBC affiliate is all wee-wee'd up this morning, having suddenly discovered that Gov. Sean Parnell signed "the Firearms Freedom Act," which exempts firearms, accessories and ammunition made and kept in state from federal gun regulations. The firearms in question also must have "Made in Alaska" stamped on them.

That law goes into effect today; the talking heads blathered something-or-other about Montana, but neglected to mention Tennessee having done the same thing, with the same result: letters from the BATFE threatening dire results if gun dealers attempt to follow state law.

And the beat goes on ...