SB-11

[anderson750]

This is a state sovereignty issue as well as a gun issue.

The Utah State Legislature has recently passed SB-11 with a 19-10 vote in the Senate and a 56-17 vote in the House. This bill declares that guns and ammunition made in Utah are subject to state regulations and not subject to federal laws.

There is now a real movement by anti-gun lobbyists and others to convince Governor Herbert to veto the bill on the grounds that it would be too expensive for the state of Utah to fight in federal court. Montana passed a similar bill last year and are already fighting this in court. There are 29 other states comtemplating passing similar laws at this time.

The long and short of it is, that those of us who favor the 2nd and 10th ammendments, must flood the Governor's office with phone calls and emails asking him to support this bill and to sign it immediately! He needs to receive hundreds, if not thousands of emails TODAY telling him that you support this bill as a state sovereignty bill! Montana, and other states, will need the support of Utah in fighting for state sovereignty in the federal court system.

gherbert@utah.gov
801-538-1000

 

[Herzog]

Sent. Will call when I get a moment.

 

[SAMI]

Sent

 

[D94R]

Email sent

 

[Herzog]

Signed!!

Fellow Citizens,

Your hard work is paying off!

Last Friday, Governor Herbert signed SB 11, the Utah State-made Firearms Protection Act sponsored by Sen. Margaret Dayton. By so doing, he drew a "line in the sand" between the sovereign state of Utah and the federal government and affirmed your rights to manufacture, sell, and purchase guns and ammo made in Utah without federal interference!

However, he is taking a lot of heat for his decision. We need to let him know that protecting liberty is never bad politics. Call the governor at (801) 538-1000 to let him know you support his decision.

The federal government was created by the states--not the other way around. The states delegated to the federal government specific, limited authority enumerated in Article I Section 8, and reserved to themselves and their citizens everything else. The federal government is to focus most of its attention on objects external to the union of states; and states are to focus most of their attention on domestic matters.

For decades, the size and reach of the federal government has exceeded its constitutional limits. And states have done little to curb its growth. Now is the time to stand forth and do so. Any conflict between a federal law and a state law is usually evidence of a zealous federal government exceeding its constitutional bounds.

Not only did the Founders separate the powers of the federal government into three branches, but they also separated power "horizontally" between the federal and state governments. The federal government is sovereign only in matters delegated to it by the states via the Constitution, and in geographies (forts, magazines, etc.) ceded to the federal government by the states. And the states are sovereign in all other matters and geographies.

This concept of dual sovereignty is mentioned by Justice Scalia in Printz v. United States, 521 US 898 (1997). His opinion states that the Framers designed the Constitution to allow federal regulation of international and interstate matters, not internal matters reserved to the State Legislatures.

When you encounter people who defend the intervention and regulation of the federal government by reference to the interstate commerce clause, remind them that Congress was given power to "regulate" commerce "among the states," or to make regular the commerce AMONG the several states--not to regulate commerce WITHIN any state.

Call the governor at (801) 538-1000 to let him know you support his decision.


For Liberty,

Lowell Nelson
Interim State Coordinator, Utah
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/
Recruit, Equip, Train, Mobilize

 

[Hickey]

Herbert is awesome!