New Wyoming Gun
Law – Jail Terms for Feds
The Firearms Freedom Act
New Wyoming Gun Law – Jail Terms for Feds
Executive Summary – Wyoming passed a new
gun law similar to Tennessee and Montana. The Firearms Freedom Act. This law
states that any gun made, sold and kept within the State of
Wyoming is not subject to Federal Gun Control Laws. This means no
registration. Wyoming did however go further that the other states. They
said that any State or Federal Official who tries to enforce any federal firearm
law regarding a firearm made, sold and kept in Wyoming could face a $2000 fine
and two years in prison. See how the law reads:
“A personal firearm, a firearm action or receiver, a firearm
accessory, or ammunition that is manufactured commercially or privately in the
state to be used or sold within the state is not subject to federal law or
federal regulation, including registration, under the authority of congress to
regulate interstate commerce.” (Note the federal government was never given the
right to interfere with or regulate intrastate commerce (within a given state).
“Any official, agent or employee of the United States government
who enforces or attempts to enforce any act, order, law, statute, rule or
regulation of the United States government upon a personal firearm, a firearm
accessory or ammunition that is manufactured commercially or privately in
Wyoming and that remains exclusively within the borders of Wyoming shall be
guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be subject to imprisonment for
not more than two (2) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars
($2,000.00), or both.” (Please note if a federal agent was convicted of this
law it would make him or her a felon and thus they could not own firearms and
would be ineligible to hold a federal law enforcement position. And face firing
and loss of pension. Of course if they ignore Wyoming convictions under this
law then Wyoming may ignore all federal arrest warrants they felt to be
inconsistent with the constitution like tax cases.)
Discussion - The
Federal ATF are not amused by the bill and of course have no intentions of
following a state law. This pushes the country closer and closer to a full out
and out revolution (think shots fired) as the fed oversteps their bounds and
powers delegated to them by the constitution which is the document that empowers
them in the first place. Montana is taking the federal gun control people to
federal court to test their law. This is one of the stupidest things
imaginable. They think a federal judge is going to side with them and let the
process of forcing the federal government to return to their constitutional
powers only get support in the federal courts. We will see what happens when
they lose in court. We think Wyoming did the right thing by putting penalties
in the game for the feds. This will pitch the feds against the local police,
which is a good thing for the people that want to remain free and exercise
their constitutional rights. Rest assured Wyoming got the attention of the feds
and has them boxed into a corner. If they ignore this they lose. If they react
against this they convict themselves of usurping their authority. It is a lose
lose situation. Obama is the perfect storm waiting to happen.