From a CBS News article on a recent spate of States rights legislation:
Links to the letters the ATF has sent to Tennessee and Montana: http://www.atf.gov/firearms/071709-tennessee-openletter.pdf and http://www.atf.gov/firearms/071709-montana-openletter.pdf
The battle over the 10th Amendment is beginning.
Full text at the indicated link above.Gary Marbut, president of the Montana Shooting Sports Association, said in an interview with CBSNews.com on Monday that he expects to be facing off against the Obama administration in court soon. "We will find the right test cases to get us in court," he said.
Marbut believes that the letters were't that meaningful because they were addressed to gun manufacturers and dealers who already are licensed by the federal government. "Those people already are under the thumb of the Feds," he said. "We've assumed they wouldn't want to put their circumstances at risk in dabbling in the state-made guns business. The people who the letters are addressed to are pretty irrelevant to the whole discussion."
Translation: If you're a gunsmith talented enough to build a made-in-Montana gun under the state's forthcoming law, give Marbut a ring. Just don't be surprised if the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and Explosives is not entirely pleased.
Links to the letters the ATF has sent to Tennessee and Montana: http://www.atf.gov/firearms/071709-tennessee-openletter.pdf and http://www.atf.gov/firearms/071709-montana-openletter.pdf
The battle over the 10th Amendment is beginning.
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