Kentucky grows a pair of brass ones

[JuergenG]

http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/13rs/SB129.htm

AN ACT relating to firearms and declaring an emergency.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

„µSECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 237 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

(1) Any federal law, rule, regulation, or order created on or after January 1, 2013, including any amendment or other change made after January 1, 2013, to a preexisting federal law, rule, regulation, or order, shall be unenforceable within the borders of Kentucky if the law, rule, regulation, order, amendment, or other change attempts to:

(a) Ban or restrict ownership of a semi-automatic firearm, magazine, or other firearm accessory; or

(B) Require any firearm, magazine, or other firearm accessory to be registered in any manner.

(2) This section shall not alter or amend the enforceability of the provisions of any federal law, rule, regulation, or order in effect prior to January 1, 2013, but shall alter the enforceability of any amendment or other change made to such a federal law, rule, regulation, or order.

„µSection 2. Whereas the right of the people to bear arms in defense of themselves and of the State is an inherent and inalienable right under the Kentucky Constitution and the preservation of that rights brooks no delay, an emergency is declared to exist, and this Act takes effect upon its passage and approval by the Governor or upon its otherwise becoming a law."

Save yo Confederate money boys, the South is gonna rise again

[goodoldrebel]

Do it again, Sam. Next time in English, please.

[Gregman]

Okay, right now I'm a little bit confused about the bottom line of this law...

Is this some kind of second amendment protection act or just another lefty dem. gun grabber bill.

[JuergenG]

IMHO the act would deny "unfriendly" amendments of Federal law enacted after Jan.01 to become

effective in the State of Kentucky and clearly is not a lefty gun grabber bill.

[EJER Fuchs]

(1) Any federal law, rule, regulation, or order created on or after January 1, 2013, including any amendment or other change made after January 1, 2013, to a preexisting federal law, rule, regulation, or order, shall be unenforceable within the borders of Kentucky if the law, rule, regulation, order, amendment, or other change attempts to:

(a) Ban or restrict ownership of a semi-automatic firearm, magazine, or other firearm accessory; or

(B) Require any firearm, magazine, or other firearm accessory to be registered in any manner.

This is clearly a resuscitation of The Nullification Doctrine promulgated over a century and a half ago, and forcibly settled by what a certain people in a certain section of the country falsely call "The War of Northern Aggression" - notwithstanding the fact that the Confederacy fired the first shot.

It is fairly useless as a law, but a excellent posturing as regards further Federal incursions.

[Gregman]

IMHO the act would deny "unfriendly" amendments of Federal law enacted after Jan.01 to become

effective in the State of Kentucky and clearly is not a lefty gun grabber bill.

Ahhn... got it . I hope that such a law can be pratically resilent against any federal bans.

In the end I would see similar legislation problems, like in the current marihuana legalisation within in the state of Colorado:

While local state agencies can not ban the sale and circulation of these goods , federal agencies still can and will .

[JuergenG]

This might get even trickier with Mary Jane in play:

The State allows the possession and consumption, whereas IIRC Uncle Sam still treats a (an older?)

conviction as a Federal disqualifier when it comes to firearms licensing.

[Gast]

This will be definitivly a very interesting year! Great decisions are and will be made, in USA and here, there about guns, here about our money. The big election in Germany shrinks to a garden party, but a garden party in every newsletter - unimportant but big, like the OSCAR-show this week

[JuergenG]

It'll be a LOT about money (budget cuts, taxes, deficit) in the U.S. as well.

The U.S. deficit (spending) problem makes the European issue pale.

[Gast]

And none will blush about it, cause nobody feels responsible for this drama

[JuergenG]

To say it in the lefties' words "It's Bush's fault"

[Gast]

And toyboy Clinton before him, or after him, it depends on which Bush is meant.