Alabama gun bills

[noway2]

Haven’t seen this discussed yet. The Captains Journal has a good blog on the topic: https://www.captainsjournal.com/2021/12/28/in-which-tom-knighton-bearing-arms-and-i-disagree/

But then Kansas passed such a law and people are in jail because of it, right? Well, not so fast. We covered it. Kansas passed a 2A sanctuary law and I covered it. It was more of a nullification law, and had the express purpose of allowing the purchase of NFA items without seeking approval of the controllers inside the beltway. I said at the time that unless the governor was willing to send state and county police to arrest and imprison FedGov agents who attempted to make arrests in Kansas for said actions, it was weak tea and not really a nullification law. Even the sponsor of the bill said that it mostly symbolic.

The Alabama bill seems a bit different, focusing on whether agents of the state can participate with FedGov agents in making such arrests. They are taking incremental steps. Some state is eventually going to have to broach this issue sooner or later, but until a governor is willing to battle FedGov agents, we’re left with what we’ve got.

I see the last sentence of the paragraph … “This bill would provide that firearms, ammo and firearm accessories that are made in the state and are only traded within the state are not subject to federal law or regulation” … is the tricky part. I wouldn’t test that part of the bill, if indeed it has that proviso. As for prohibiting agents of the state from aiding the enforcement of any new federal laws, Alabama can certainly do that, and Missouri has thus far been quite successful thus far in preventing cooperation with the FedGov, which is a good thing. Finally, if this portends to be a weak nullification law, I see it as possibly targeting FedGov control over things like semi-automatics and AR-15s as anything else.

A couple of key points. One, it’s going to take a governor to grow a pair and be willing to use force against the feds to put a stop to their trying to enforce federal infringements. Two, the interstate commerce part is tricky, but I could also see a governor with a pair telling uncle that their regulations end at the COMMERCE part once it’s in their state that uncle has no more say.

 

[DrScaryGuy]

...but I could also see a governor with a pair telling uncle that their regulations end at the COMMERCE part once it’s in their state that uncle has no more say.

remember, making something for yourself affects commerce because it's something you would buy if you didn't make it. and if you could have bought that from an out of state dealer, or even if in intrastate option could detract from intrastate commerce, you're subject to interstate commerce rules.