GP>Its also the Supreme Law of the Land!
GP>Article VI of the Constitution states: "This Constitution, and the laws of
GP>the United States which shall be made IN PURSUANCE THEREOF; and all
GP>treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United
GP>States, shall be the supreme law of the land."
GP>"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free
GP>state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be
GP>INFRINGED." -- 2nd Article of the Bill of Rights, US Constitution
GP>NFA '34 "law" - First you have to pay $200 tax to buy a machinegun.
GP>GCA '68 "law" - But first you must fill out a yellow form. Your dealer
as
GP> to have a Federal liscense. You can't buy out of state.
GP>Brady "law" - But first you have to wait.
GP>"Crime" Bill "law" - You can't have any military rifles or magazines.
Frankly, I agree with Judge Thomas about overturning the nfa-34, and
gca-68 laws.. His thoughts are at the end of the next part..
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* U.S. v. Lopez, __ U.S. __ (1995) This case is from 1995, where the
court, on a 5-4 vote struck down the Gun Free School Zones Act (18 USC
sec. 922(q)) as being beyond the power of Congress to enact, under the
Constitution. Congress claimed, as it does with most of its enactments,
that it was exercising its power to regulate interstate commerce, and had
all sorts of made-up reasons why kids with guns at local public and
private schools affected interstate commerce. The Court said no, it was
too much of a stretch. Yes, they had let Congress run rough-shod over the
principle of a limited federal government, or enumerated powers in the
past, they were drawing a line now.
Check out Justice THOMAS' concurrence, him. In it he lays out a
truly revolutionary idea - that the fundamental ideas the court has used
to review Congressional enactment for constitutionality, at least since
the 1930's are wrong, and need to be scrapped. Excellent thinking, too
bad no one else there agrees with him.
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