On Thursday, Idaho Governor Butch Otter (R) signed a bill, which would effectively nullify future federal gun laws, by prohibiting state enforcement of any future federal act relating to personal firearms, a firearm accessories or ammunition.
S1332 passed the house by a vote of 68-0 and the senate by a vote of 34-0. Alaska and Kansas have also passed similar laws.
Erich Pratt, Director of Communications for Gun Owners of America, cheered the governor’s action. “By signing this nullification bill into law, Idaho has joined an elite class of states that are telling the feds to ‘get lost’ — especially when it comes to unconstitutional gun control infringements”
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Sunday, March 23, 2014
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Thank God that states are waking up.
Proud to say, my baby sister is one of the 34.
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While the claims that Federal Law outranks State Law will be upheld at any court, the State gets to decide where to apply its efforts. Just forcing the Feds to do their own enforcing without State support will drain resources at the Federal level. It is impossible to prevent the enforcement of Federal Laws, but forbidding the State-level prosecution of anyone who refuses to follow Federal directives is a good first step, as is refusing to allow State facilities or equipment to be used in any of those enforcement activities.
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