Writing your representatives in a low-population state gets more attention than elsewhere, as seen with this report on two bills in Wyoming that would block the Fed’s ability to use the “interstate commerce clause” to mess with guns made and used only within the state.
Firearms bills draw attention
A second, tougher Firearms Freedom Act introduced in the state House would make it illegal for state or federal officials to enforce federal gun laws relating to firearms made and used in Wyoming……
…..Several legislators said they’ve been bombarded with e-mails and phone calls in recent days from constituents voicing their support for both pieces of the legislation.
“I’ve had so many e-mails on this bill and Representative Jaggi’s bill, my BlackBerry’s about to crash,” said state Rep. Mary Throne, D-Cheyenne….
from the Casper Tribune
MWD
Congrats! I see your lawmakers just passed concealed carry without a permit! Welcome to the club. It is just Alaska, Vermont and now Wyoming. Onward to the rest of the states!
I know what kind of freedom high you and yours is on. When I first moved to Vermont in the late 90′s, it was like crawling out from underneath a boulder. No permits, less taxes, fees, cops, etc. And SAFER to boot.
I am working towards trying to get a gun manufacturing law like yours above started here. There is a big time fight brewing over tax increases here. Just goes to show that you cannot take freedom for granted. I has to won anew everyday.
I don’t think it passed yet, but they’re working on it:
http://www.trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/article_069b58b2-b67b-50ef-8812-4edf4de7f287.html
Would be ironic to me if it passed. I just finally friggin’ got mine! lol…..
I’ll still be glad to have one, because it’s good in most of the surrounding states.
Anyway, I don’t think any state has ever passed this, I think Alaska and Vermont just never UN-passed it when other states did. (At one time, all states allowed concealed carry without a permit.)
MWD
You are correct that Vermont never had a permit requirement. Alaska, I am not sure about.
The hoplophob’s tried to make it so you could not carry loaded through their towns, or could not carry concealed, etc. The Vermont Supreme court ruled that only the state could regulate carry, so that was that. Nothing has been tried since that has even got out of committee. I would rather mot have any permit system, because all the surrounding states are so draconian with there laws, and would require Vermont to become hardcore also. as it is, other to visit friends and family, I have little reason anymore to leave the state. So my little friend Sig of the 220 goes where I do. We are on big happy family…
Wow, great to hear all that!
Man, NC would probably never pass a firearms freedom act. If they did, it would probably just make you register your guns with NC instead of the federal gov’t. And pay tax on them. NC would never allow any freedoms they can’t tax!
-NC would never allow any freedoms they can’t tax!-
Sounds a lot like the modern Montana. A decade ago I would’ve been hopeful that my beloved home state would follow in Wyoming’s footsteps on this one, but not anymore. Too many out of staters have moved here in an attempt to get away from whatever was bothering them wherever they came from . . . then voted accordingly to insure that Montana became as much LIKE where they came from as possible.
Almost enough to make me pack up and move south of the border, south of the Montana border that is.
Justin
I used to be under the delusion that Montana was even more liberty loving than Wyoming, because I’ve chatted with a few uber-libertarians there who live off the grid.
But six bearded coots with stills in the hills does not make a libertarian paradise state.
MWD
Gotta agree, however Montana PEOPLE tend to be a lot more live and let live, especially in the eastern half of the state. In other words, those six bearded coots wouldn’t have to waste too much time worrying about someone calling the revenuers in on ‘em if you know what I mean.
Some laws just weren’t meant to be enforced.
Justin