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January 21, 2011, 11:13 AM | #1 |
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WV SB84 proposed to exempt WV made firearms from fed regulation
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_St...sstype=RS&i=84
I though this was interesting. The bill, if passed, would exempt firearms or accessories manufactured in the state from federal regulation. They must have no major parts imported from other states. They would not be eligible to transport outside the state though and must be stamped "Made in WV." Are there any other states with laws like this? What usually happens if you manufacture your own firearm? |
January 21, 2011, 04:03 PM | #2 |
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MT enacted a comparable law in 2009. It has not yet been seriously contested in federal court, and if it does, it's not at all clear whether it will remain standing. Time will tell.
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January 21, 2011, 04:57 PM | #3 |
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If there is any effect -- however small -- traceable to interstate commerce, the current Feds will seize upon it to inject their control.
Read it and weep... http://reslibertatis.wordpress.com/2...ard-v-filburn/ |
January 21, 2011, 05:07 PM | #4 |
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So does WV have a firearms industry? Is the population base in WV enough to support making guns? Even a specialty gunsmith needs a market base.
Could the feds stop the import of materials needed to make a firearm?
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January 21, 2011, 05:11 PM | #5 | |
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NOpe Thats what I had thought when I first read it.... What Firearm Industry do we have here??? Maybe some secret company had been operating below my radar all this time.
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January 21, 2011, 08:19 PM | #6 | |
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State Nullification is coming back and it will be interesting to see what happens as more and more states do to Federal gun laws what they did to the RealID act and what they are doing to Federal drug laws.
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January 22, 2011, 08:34 PM | #7 |
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The realID and marijuana initiatives were liberal hot buttons ('against' and 'for', respectively.) :barf:
Hammering a states-rights gun manufacturing initiative into the ground using the IC clause is would be red meat to the radical left. Holder would file suit ASAP. |
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January 23, 2011, 05:51 PM | #9 |
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Let us see what happens, Crosshair. If WV proceeds/succeeds w/o Federal interference, I owe you a bottle of your favorite adult beverage.
post script: I don't think this one's going to fly either: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/01/23...ocal-sheriffs/ |
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I think the idea of states rights is taking off, slowly right now, but it will pick up. Very few people see the biggest threats today coming from the statehouse. The real history of states rights is starting to re-emerge. It will be interesting to see how the future pans out.
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January 23, 2011, 06:43 PM | #11 |
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It's nothing new. Montanta started this fad Oct 1, 2009. This sort of thing is generally known as the Firearms Freedom Act.
Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona, Alaska, Tennessee, South Dakota, and Utah all have passed similar legislation. |
January 23, 2011, 07:47 PM | #12 |
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I'd like to see this take off more if nothing else but as a rout to the dismantling of the freeze of the MG registry. You're never gonna get common usage with such a limited number of examples. If states started allowing people to buy select-fire guns that are "state specific" the tide might turn on them some in 10-20 years.
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