Dex
Constitutional Patriot
And you could have some transplants there to support the effort as well. My family has had a cabin there for 35 years and we aren't about ready to let a bunch of feds mess with our home away from home.
GUNS/RLTD MONTANA DEFIES FEDS OVER RESTRICTIVE GUN LAWS
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And you could have some transplants there to support the effort as well. My family has had a cabin there for 35 years and we aren't about ready to let a bunch of feds mess with our home away from home.
As long as he has his health, he's good to go!
Once you stay alive by having a state insurance program designed to take you through the knot hole, your kind of sunk in-other ways.
That said.
Had I a skill that would be needed in a state that HAS seceded from the union, I would light out now and avoid the rush.
lw
From the bill's "status page" at laws.leg.mt.gov/laws09.
Bill Draft Number: LC0671
Bill Type - Number: HB 246 Fiscal Note
Short Title: Exempt Montana-made firearms and ammunition from commerce clause
Primary Sponsor: Joel Boniek
Chapter Number: 205
Bill Actions - Current Bill Progress: Became Law
Bill Action Count: 63
Effective Date, All Sections: 01-OCT-09
Bill Draft Number: LC0671
Bill Type - Number: HB 246 Fiscal Note
Short Title: Exempt Montana-made firearms and ammunition from commerce clause
Primary Sponsor: Joel Boniek
Chapter Number: 205
Bill Actions - Current Bill Progress: Became Law
Bill Action Count: 63
Effective Date, All Sections: 01-OCT-09
Mr. Dot
Inactive
Then there's HOUSE BILL NO. 228:
AN ACT PRESERVING AND CLARIFYING LAWS RELATING TO THE RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENSE AND THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS.
Also signed into law this session.
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/billhtml/HB0228.htm
AN ACT PRESERVING AND CLARIFYING LAWS RELATING TO THE RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENSE AND THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS.
Also signed into law this session.
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/billhtml/HB0228.htm
AzProtector
Veteran Member
TECH32
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Because I'm a realist.
We KNOW that the interstate commerce clause has been twisted out of its original intent. But that ship has sailed. Once something becomes established law at the SCOTUS level it's very difficult to undo. Not impossible, but very very difficult. The odds of Montana prevailing here are vanishingly slim.
But let's say Montana does go ahead and attempt to keep federal laws regarding firearms from being enforced. Does anyone REALLY think the FedGov is going to allow that to happen unchecked? They won't do anything like swoop in with helicopters or send in the army. Nothing that will make the news.
They'll just go in with the EPA and start designating millions of acres as "protected" for endangered species.
They'll cut off federal highway funding (this is how they "made" the drinking age 21 nationwide).
They'll pull military bases, cut off Govt. contracts from firms in the state, come up with new water restrictions, impose a new punitive federal tax on any firearms manufacturers who don't "comply" with "Federal Regulations"...the list is infinite.
They couldn't pull that crap with California regarding pot (too large, generates too much revenue) but Montana?? Not to insult the good people of that state, but the rest of the country simply won't care what the FedGov does to them.
And that's a fact...
That one trick doesnt do any good when people are not getting paid, fed or housed. Montana is a beneficiary state. It receives more federal money than it gives. How many people are going to be willing to give that up? What is Montana going to export and to whom? How is it going to get to the markets? There are very few states where secession is even a possibility and I dont think MT is one of them.