Saturday, May 4, 2013

Brownback Knocks Holder Over Gun Nullification Law


http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/05/brownback_holder_gun_nullification.php?ref=fpb

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this is absurd, this will if upheld will make Kansas the gun Mecca of the midwest, and we already know who the profiteers are.

Kansas’ Second Amendment Protection Act declares, among other things, that firearms manufactured and owned in Kansas that do not cross state lines are not subject to any federal laws. It also makes it unlawful for government agents to try to enforce federal laws on firearms made and kept within state lines.

The day after the measure went into effect, Holder sent a letter to Brownback.
“In purporting to override federal law and to criminalize the official acts of federal officers, [Senate Bill] 102 directly conflicts with federal law and is therefore unconstitutional,” Holder wrote in his letter. “Federal officers who are responsible for enforcing federal laws and regulations in order to maintain public safety cannot be forced to choose between the risk of a criminal prosecution by a state and the continued performance of their federal duties.”

Citing the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, Holder said that Kansas could not prevent federal employees and officials from carrying out their official responsibilities. The attorney general toldBrownback that federal agencies, including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, would continue to enforce federal laws and regulations. Holder also warned that the government would take “all appropriate action, including litigation if necessary, to prevent the State of Kansas from interfering with the activities of federal officials enforcing federal law.”
wonder how many unAmericans support this bill in Kansas do they know what they are really in for when Billy Bob, buys a gun in Witchita then goes home to Kansas City, stops for a few and show and tell, decides to test drive the latest shiny thing and news at 11pm?