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echo: guns
to: GUY PUTNAM
from: CHARLES FIKE
date: 1996-08-09 04:37:00
subject: 1996 Elections

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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