Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff and six other states filed a brief in federal court in Montana on Monday, arguing that the federal government has no constitutional authority to regulate firearms manufactured and sold within their borders.We commend these States for recognizing that the infringement by the federal government on their sovereignty is not Constitutional but question their filing a protest in a federal court where the deck is stacked against them. Rather, why don't they just claim their Tenth Amendment rights and refuse to comply?
The friend-of-the-court brief seeks to bolster arguments made by the Montana Shooting Sports Association (MSSA) that legislation passed in that state exempts Montana-made guns from federal taxation, registration, licensing, marking or record-keeping requirements. [emphasis by IABR]
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