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Missouri State Senate Bill BANS All Federal Gun Control Laws

The Missouri state senate has in hand a bill that will nullify all Federal gun laws and regulations. Added to this, the bill will also make it a criminal offence for federal officers within the state of Missouri a criminal offense.

Senate Biil SB367 along with the corresponding House Bill HB786 will completely decimate 2nd amendment infringing federal legislation and prevent all state agencies from enforcing any of them.

In 2014, SB613, was a similar version of the bill and it was passed but vetoed by then Missouri Governor Jay Nixon.

The Sentinel reports:

A stipulation of the newly passed bill states:

“All federal acts, laws, executive orders, administrative orders, court orders, rules, and regulations, whether past, present, or future, which infringe on the people’s right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the United States I and Section 23 of the Missouri Constitution shall be invalid in this state, shall not be recognized by this state, shall be specifically rejected by this state, and shall be considered null and void and of no effect in this state.”

For added measure, SB367’s authors went into great detail on what federal laws will be “considered null and void and of no effect.”

(a) Any tax, levy, fee, or stamp imposed on firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition not common to all other goods and services which might reasonably be expected to create a chilling effect on the purchase or ownership of those items by law-abiding citizens;

(b) Any registering or tracking of firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition which might reasonably be expected to create a chilling effect on the purchase or ownership of those items by law-abiding citizens;

(c) Any registering or tracking of the owners of firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition which might reasonably be expected to create a chilling effect on the purchase or ownership of those items by law-abiding citizens;

(d) Any act forbidding the possession, ownership, or use or transfer of a firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition by law-abiding citizens; and

(e) Any act ordering the confiscation of firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition from law-abiding citizens

Such language is designed to guarantee that the measure can’t be worked around or misinterpreted by legislators or law enforcement agencies. This is an example of pro-gun legislation with teeth.

Missouri’s law enforcement community is against the bill. Most likely because it will kill the revenues they steal from firearm owners under forfeiture tied to gun control laws.

The bill is based on solid legal ground under the anti-commandeering doctrine. Court precedent from 1842 to 2012 stipulates that the feds simply cannot require a state to help them violate your Constitutional rights, and allows states the power to refuse to enforce such federal laws it deems unconstitutional.