ATF Claims Second Amendment Does Not Apply to Them

Tennessee state law nullifies all federal regulation of guns. The ATF says that federal law, whether Constitutional or not, is supreme:

Constitutional historian Kevin R.C. Gutzman sees this as something far removed from the founders’ vision of constitutional government:

“The letter [from the ATF] says, in part, ‘because the Act conflicts with Federal firearms laws and regulations, Federal law supersedes the Act, and all provisions of the Gun Control Act and the National Firearms Act, and their corresponding regulations, continue to apply.’ That is precisely what I predicted the Federal Government’s response to the Tennessee act would be. As I told Judge Andrew Napolitano on Fox News’s Glenn Beck Program on June 5, 2009, federal officials don’t care about a good historical argument concerning the meaning of the Constitution.”

“Their view is that the states exist for the administrative convenience of the Federal Government, and so of course any conflict between state and federal policy must be resolved in favor of the latter.”

“This is another way of saying that the Tenth Amendment is not binding on the Federal Government. Of course, that amounts to saying that federal officials have decided to ignore the Constitution when it doesn’t suit them.”

All three branches of the federal government have, for a long time, colluded in order to violate Constitutional limitations using the Commerce Clause and the doctrine of Incorporation. None of the branches of the federal government can be trusted. In order to keep power from centralizing in the federal government, the 17th Amendment must be repealed. Restoring state representation will preserve all of our individual rights, enumerated and otherwise.