Montana FFA & The 10th Amendment Take on the Feds.

Firearms Freedom Act

First came Montana, then Tennessee and its seems the trend is expanding to other states like Texas and Florida. Two of seven states which have recently introduced FFA legislation protecting gun owners from federal laws. Leading the cause in the state of Montana is the Second Amendment Foundation and the Montana Shooting Sports Association which filed a lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. The FFA was established in response to the ATF's intended enforcement of federal firearm laws such as the GCA passed in 1968. Below is an expert taken from the legal page of the ATF website.

"The [Gun Control Act] was enacted for the purpose of keeping firearms out of the hands of those not legally entitled to possess them because of age, criminal background, or incompetence. The GCA was also designed to make State firearms laws more effective by channeling interstate commerce in firearms through federally licensed businesses and generally confining firearms transactions by non licensees to their States of residence."

The basis of the lawsuit rests on the protections given by the 10th amendment which states; "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

The FFA declares that any firearms made and retained in-state are beyond the authority of Congress under its constitutional power to regulate commerce among the states.

Its clear that the Obama administration as well as Attorney General Holden have a record of opposition to the individual rights of private gun owners. With ammunition and gun sales booming over the last year and ammunition shortages being reported there does seem to be some light at the end of the tunnel. The question is, for how long?

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