It seems that the SD legislature is turning the tables on Obamacare. If the feds can require a citizen to buy one product, why can a state not require them to buy another? At least firearms are mentioned in the BoR.
CCRKBA is supporting this legislation and the release from CCRKBA is included below.
CBS News covered this story.
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The Argus Leader story
CCRKBA News Release
CCRKBA is supporting this legislation and the release from CCRKBA is included below.
CBS News covered this story.
SOURCE
February 1, 2011 1:27 PM
Bill Introduced in South Dakota Would Require All Citizens to Buy a Gun
Posted by Brian Montopoli
A group of South Dakota lawmakers have introduced a bill mandating that every citizen in their state over the age of 21 purchase a firearm, the Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports.
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The Argus Leader story
Rep. Hal Wick, R-Sioux Falls, is sponsoring the bill and knows it will be killed. But he said he is introducing it to prove a point that the federal health care reform mandate passed last year is unconstitutional.
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CCRKBA News Release
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today said a proposal before the South Dakota Legislature that would require all adults in the state to buy a gun “should make perfect sense to anybody who supports Obamacare.”
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