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Alabama lawmakers vote to ignore new federal gun control laws
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Leroy N. Soetoro
May 16, 2013, 10:28:47 PM5/16/13
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. � The Alabama Legislature is telling the federal
government and others to back off on gun control.
The Senate passed legislation Tuesday declaring that �All federal acts,
laws, orders, rules or regulations regarding firearms are a violation of
the Second Amendment.� It also says federal laws in violation of the
Second Amendment shall be considered null and void in Alabama. The vote
was 24-6.
The sponsor, Republican Sen. Paul Sanford of Huntsville, said the bill
resulted from hundreds of emails and calls he received from his north
Alabama constituents concerned that Congress might enact new gun
regulations or restore the previous ban on assault weapons. He said the
assault weapon ban is an example of federal regulation that he considers a
violation of the Second Amendment.
Democratic Sen. Bobby Singleton of Greensboro, who voted against the
measure, said state law can�t trump federal law. �This bill is null and
void on its face,� Singleton said.
In the House Tuesday, members voted 76-22 for a proposed constitutional
amendment that would require Alabama�s courts to use �strict scrutiny�
when reviewing any new gun control laws. That would require proponents of
the laws to show a compelling interest for the regulations and that they
be narrowly tailored.
The Second Amendment bill sponsored by Republican Rep. Mike Jones of
Andalusia was part of the �We Dare Defend Our Rights� agenda that the
House Republican Caucus set for the 2013 session. To take effect, the bill
still must be passed by the Senate and approved by Alabama voters in a
statewide referendum.
In the Senate, Sanford said he was not trying to declare all federal gun
laws void. Instead, he said he hoped that if Congress were to pass gun
controls, the legislation would permit the state attorney general to issue
an opinion that the law was unconstitutional and then Alabama law
enforcement officers could refrain from enforcing it.
�We are going to declare it null and void and not participate with the
federal government,� said Sanford, who has a pistol permit and regularly
carries a gun.
Republican Sen. Dick Brewbaker of Montgomery voted for the bill, but he
said states trying to nullify federal laws have been losing ever since the
1830s when South Carolina tried it with a federal tariff in President
Andrew Jackson�s administration.
Sanford�s bill would have to pass the House and be signed by the governor
to become law. He said House approval will be hard to get because the
Legislature has only four meeting days left in the 2013 session. �We are
so late in the session, it makes it difficult to pass anything,� he said.
The bill comes two weeks after Kansas� Republican governor, Sam Brownback,
signed a law providing that all Kansas-made guns that have not left Kansas
are exempt from federal gun control laws.
Immediately after passing Sanford�s bill, the Senate passed a bill by
Brewbaker allowing all city and county school systems to hire armed
officers through their local sheriff and police departments to provide
security in public schools.
That bill, recommended by the state�s School Safety Commission, also needs
approval of the House and the governor to become law.
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has his job.
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improper vetting of Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama, a confirmed
felon using SSAN 042-68-4425, belonging to a dead man.
Obama ignored the brutal killing of an American diplomat in Benghazi, then
relieved American military officers who attempted to prevent said murder
in order to cover up his own ineptness.
Obama continues his goal of disarming America while ObamaCare increases
insurance premiums 200% and leaves millions without health care.
Obama helped bankrupt Illinois. Democrat run Chicago closes 54 public
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. � The Alabama Legislature is telling the federal
government and others to back off on gun control.
The Senate passed legislation Tuesday declaring that �All federal acts,
laws, orders, rules or regulations regarding firearms are a violation of
the Second Amendment.� It also says federal laws in violation of the
Second Amendment shall be considered null and void in Alabama. The vote
was 24-6.
The sponsor, Republican Sen. Paul Sanford of Huntsville, said the bill
resulted from hundreds of emails and calls he received from his north
Alabama constituents concerned that Congress might enact new gun
regulations or restore the previous ban on assault weapons. He said the
assault weapon ban is an example of federal regulation that he considers a
violation of the Second Amendment.
Democratic Sen. Bobby Singleton of Greensboro, who voted against the
measure, said state law can�t trump federal law. �This bill is null and
void on its face,� Singleton said.
In the House Tuesday, members voted 76-22 for a proposed constitutional
amendment that would require Alabama�s courts to use �strict scrutiny�
when reviewing any new gun control laws. That would require proponents of
the laws to show a compelling interest for the regulations and that they
be narrowly tailored.
The Second Amendment bill sponsored by Republican Rep. Mike Jones of
Andalusia was part of the �We Dare Defend Our Rights� agenda that the
House Republican Caucus set for the 2013 session. To take effect, the bill
still must be passed by the Senate and approved by Alabama voters in a
statewide referendum.
In the Senate, Sanford said he was not trying to declare all federal gun
laws void. Instead, he said he hoped that if Congress were to pass gun
controls, the legislation would permit the state attorney general to issue
an opinion that the law was unconstitutional and then Alabama law
enforcement officers could refrain from enforcing it.
�We are going to declare it null and void and not participate with the
federal government,� said Sanford, who has a pistol permit and regularly
carries a gun.
Republican Sen. Dick Brewbaker of Montgomery voted for the bill, but he
said states trying to nullify federal laws have been losing ever since the
1830s when South Carolina tried it with a federal tariff in President
Andrew Jackson�s administration.
Sanford�s bill would have to pass the House and be signed by the governor
to become law. He said House approval will be hard to get because the
Legislature has only four meeting days left in the 2013 session. �We are
so late in the session, it makes it difficult to pass anything,� he said.
The bill comes two weeks after Kansas� Republican governor, Sam Brownback,
signed a law providing that all Kansas-made guns that have not left Kansas
are exempt from federal gun control laws.
Immediately after passing Sanford�s bill, the Senate passed a bill by
Brewbaker allowing all city and county school systems to hire armed
officers through their local sheriff and police departments to provide
security in public schools.
That bill, recommended by the state�s School Safety Commission, also needs
approval of the House and the governor to become law.
--
Barack Obama, reelected by the dumbest voters in the history of the United
States of America.
Eric Holder, racist black murdering United States Attorney General, still
has his job.
Nancy Pelosi, Democrat criminal, accessory before and after the fact to
improper vetting of Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama, a confirmed
felon using SSAN 042-68-4425, belonging to a dead man.
Obama ignored the brutal killing of an American diplomat in Benghazi, then
relieved American military officers who attempted to prevent said murder
in order to cover up his own ineptness.
Obama continues his goal of disarming America while ObamaCare increases
insurance premiums 200% and leaves millions without health care.
Obama helped bankrupt Illinois. Democrat run Chicago closes 54 public
schools.
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