8th state says guns beyond feds' control! (the List Grows!), page 1

Alaska governor signs Firearms Freedom Act into law

Alaska has become the eighth state to declare that firearms made, sold and owned in the state are beyond the reach of the federal bureaucrats along the Potomac, with Gov. Sean Parnell's signature on the plan today.

"The Alaska Firearms Freedom Act frees Alaskans from overly bureaucratic and restrictive federal firearm regulation, and allows our state to assume the responsibility for regulation," said Rep. Mike Kelly, the lead sponsor on the plan endorsed by lawmakers in the recently closed session of the Alaska Legislature.

"The Interstate Commerce Clause is used by the federal government to regulate firearms that cross state borders. The Alaska Firearms Freedom Act makes it clear that Alaskans will be responsible for firearms that are made in Alaska, for use in Alaska, and have 'Made in Alaska' stamped on them.

The federal government has called the move reason in and of itself for federal courts to strike down the state laws that now have been adopted in Alaska, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Idaho, Utah, Tennessee and Arizona.

Originally posted by anon72
Just a few more months before we can strike back effectively and show results. November 2010.

Actually, we don't really have to wait that long. After all, it takes only a small percentage of voters to demand a Special Election & make certain that Recall votes show up on the ballot! This can take effect in as little as a week-&-a- half, approximately. But it does take a few dedicated people to dig up documented evidence of a governemnt officer's wrong-doing in violation of the Constitution & then publicizing it so that people would be willing to push for the Special Election.
Check out the Restore America Plan, Real or Not? (5-part video) & Restore America Plan - Alternatives (7-part video). These videos can explain the concept better than I can here.

But these States are correct in that the Feds have absolutely no authority to interfere with intra-state commerce, no matter what it really consists of. The Interstate Commerce Clause (Article 2, Section 8, clause 3) means precisely what it says (regardless of any such declarations made by the Feds who are not "acting in pursuance of" the Constitution), in reference to commerce that crosses state boundaries.

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

In the context of the original authors & ratifiers of the Constitution, "regulate" means to "make regular," so that trade continues to flow & the states aren't trying to rip off each other...And it specifies "among the states," but excludes "within the states."

Law, in both function & court precidence, has been enforced around a SCOTUS ruling that when the written law is examined, "that which is not specifically included must be expressley excluded." In short, the law is the opposite of those Prego spaghetti sauce commercials...For Prego, they're adverts claim "It's in there," but as far a the law is concerned, "if it's not already in there, you can't put it in there."

Originally posted by djcloudy
Exciting times we live in folks!

Whether this is a blessing or a curse remains to be seen. I look at it as a blessing, but the Chinese would call it a curse. After all, they used to say, "May you live in interesting times."

Originally posted by jibeho
If the feds go after the states that have already passed this measure there will certainly be repercussions.

It's just that, everything that's happening in American society today is going to have repercussions world-wide...we're not the only People to be waking up on a wide-spread basis. I think we can thank the internet going public without being already over-regulated for this. The concept of freedom from tyranny isn't an American monopoly, ya' know. We were merely the first to establish it officially as the Supreme Law of the Land.

Originally posted by autowrench
The Three Stooges could do a better job of managing the economy.

Yeah, I'd have to agree. It would be a lot easier to get 3 stooges to agree on anything than it is to get an agreement from the 1000's of stooges we currently have in offices.