Idaho following Montana's and Tennessee's footsteps

[rocinante]

There is a lot of push back from the states in the works. S. Carolina passed a resolution declaring their rights and sovereignty with special emphasis on gun rights. The feds are trying to put tens of millions of acres out west into monument status which means no development at all. Kiss that bonanza of shale oil good bye. Utah is using trying to use imminent domain to condemn federal lands. I think that one is a hoot.

 

[MachIVshooter]

Colorado has a huge Leftist population.

If Denver and Boulder could be eliminated, this state would be 90% red. And remember, the '08 election was the first time we've gone blue in the presidential race in 3 deacades.

Ritter has pretty much ruined the Democrats chance of keeping power at the state level, and Obama's nonsense has most likely made our '08 blue mistake a one timer.

I don't know what our chances of pushing a sovereignity law through are, but this state is very gun friendly on the whole. Our only law than is stricter that Federal regulations is the "gun show loophole" bit passed in the wake of Columbine.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

some random reactions on the topic

It's two totally opposed models of the relationship of people to government
This gets to the two opposing ideas of government from Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Hobbes.
Jefferson believed that people pursuing their own best interests, under government with limited powers and authorities, was best for all.
Hobbes believed that the absolute monarch over an absolute state with the people totally subjugated was the way to go.
Jeffersonians trust the people more than government.
Hobbesians believe in big government and don't trust the people at all (kinda like a buch of masochists who want to submit to a master).

I think of potatoes and white supremacists.
A TLC channel documentary of the Ruby Ridge case described northern Idaho as the destination first of "back-to-earth hippies" and later right wing survivalists. And by accounts by reporter Jesse Walter organized anti-supremacist groups in Idaho had more members than that Aryan Nations group. I think of Idaho as a haven for independent people all over the political left-to-right spectrum, but dedicated big-government promotes the image of Idaho as a haven for white supremacists to tar anyone with antifederalist beliefs in Idaho (and by extension elsewhere). The federalists want us to think Idaho=white supremacists but we need to fight that brainwash.

NRA disbanding after Heller?
The NRA of America was founded in 1870 for the same reason the NRA of Great Britain was founded earlier: to promote civilian marksmanship training among the civilian population eligible to volunteer or be conscripted for military service (one of the reasonings behind a well-regulated militia concept; see the federal law definition of "unorganised militia"). Hunter safety and police training came later. And nobody cares to mention the NRA's promotion of the Uniform Pistol Act in the 1920s. Lobbying for gun rights was a role forced on the NRA by its political enemies during the 1960s, but quite frankly it is not the only reason for the NRA's existence even if the Heller decision was the end of the argument. Have Brady, VPC or IANSA conceded defeat and disbanded after Heller? (BTW the NRA has lobbied against the gun industry when it conflicted with gun owners' interests).

 

[FloridaConfederate]

States falling overthemselves for FFA

http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2010/02/utah-senate-passes-firearms-freedom-act/ http://www.trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/article_2d74efd6-fe23-5a64-80a7-5fe72f5f1d5d.html

 

[Cosmoline]

The currect precendents of the court make it very clear that these laws don't pass constitutional muster. I don't like the way the supreme court interprets the CC I'm with Justice Thomas and would love to roll back the clock but we are 4 justices short of doing that.

You provide a good overview of the CC, but technically I don't think these laws are unconstitutional. They're not going to be overturned, simply ignored. The state cannot alter federal law in this way.