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Missouri does like to show off, which is the reason it is known as the ‘Show Me State’. This time, they want to be shown that the rule is when state law conflicts with federal law, the federal law wins. They attempted back in July to enact a law which would nullify all federal gun laws and authorize local police to arrest any federal officer found attempting to enforce any federal gun law. The Governor, Democrat Jay Nixon, vetoed the bill on July 5.
The gun fanatics of Missouri are not about to give up that easily, though. They are going to begin override proceedings today. It is in no way a foregone conclusion that the override will be successful, as the State Senate Majority Leader, Senator Ron Richard, who originally voted for the bill, now says he will vote against overriding the veto.
The rationale behind the bill is that they are protecting the people of Missouri from the big bad federal government, which they think is coming to take away all of their toys. They are operating on the assumption that all federal gun laws overstep the Constitution because the states have the right to make laws on anything that is not delegated to the federal government. Somehow they think that the feds do not have the final say about guns. That power is granted to the federal government in the form of the Second Amendment, which contains the phrase, “…well regulated…”
When state law and federal law conflict, federal law takes precedence: it’s that simple. While Missouri legislators may like the idea of giving all of their constituents access to machine guns, the federal government has already ruled that they cannot and state law cannot change that by saying it is against the law to enforce the law. See how silly it sounds? That is what they are trying to do this very day in Missouri. Apparently, we have to show them one more time.
As a life-long Missourian, I have been disappointed many times by these forces of ignorance and gun worship. Much of the state is rural, and when cable tv became common out there, FOX and Rush became the new philosophy.
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I’m afraid the gun advocates are all paranoid and ignorant,they scare me more than any terrorist ever could.They really need to seek medical help for mental illness.The NRA is more of a threat to this country than any terrorist will ever be,it’s just a matter of time.This is coming from a vet that fought for our country but doesn’t feel the need to carry a gun to protect myself or family.
We probably over-react to the gun nuts, but they are truly hard to ignore since they’re typically pretty boisterous. They probably aren’t as dangerous as the beady-eyed guys who stockpile ammo and guns in their basement and don’t tell anybody. The problem is the availability of guns and ammo for these weirdos. The problem is: The gun-nuts are defending the weirdos by virtue of their boisterous behavior.
Missouri is called the Show-Me State because of a quote from a Missouri Congressman who said in a speech, “I’m from Missouri. You’re going to have to show me.” It’s about skepticism and has nothing to do with showing off.
I can’t wait for the Supremacy Clause smackdown on those pandering chumps. I expect the Supreme Court (against their conservative vested interests) to hand it down about an hour after the veto is overridden.
There is a limit to willful ignorance… INFINITY…
If these people really do believe in paranoid rubbish such as government tyranny, how do they expect to hold off a government that commands drones, tanks, missiles, attack planes and helicopters, bombers, and purported secret chemical weapons?
They live in a paranoid fantasy, expecting it to come true Any Day Now. It must be frustrating to never be proved correct.
I read somewhere back in the winter that some gunstroker estimated all the people in the Lakes states who had hunting licenses. He projected it out to assume that most of these people would join a patriot militia and, therefore, establish a ‘well-regulated’ army of about 400,000 freedom-loving idiots. So, these people actually BELIEVE the “patriots” will turn on their own government and, I assume, form one that stifles dissent by taking away the guns of people who don’t agree with them. General Confusion will be the new president.
I couldn’t begin to tell you how many of these TEApub gun hugging whack jobs have told me that when the time comes to overthrow the government, the military will be on their side, Juliet. They actually have convinced themselves it is true.
There is no limit to willful ignorance.