One of the many reasons I love the great state of Wyoming. Firearms Protection Act.

[rockdog2112]

This is going to be introduced into the new legislative session from what we are hearing. It doesn't mean it will pass but you have to love the message it's sending.

2013 STATE OF WYOMING 13LSO-0426
1 HB0104
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0104
Firearm Protection Act.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Kroeker, Baker, Burkhart,
Jaggi, Miller, Piiparinen, Reeder and
Winters and Senator(s) Dockstader and Hicks
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to firearms; providing that any federal law
2 which attempts to ban a semi-automatic firearm or to limit
3 the size of a magazine of a firearm or other limitation on
4 firearms in this state shall be unenforceable in Wyoming;
5 providing a penalty; and providing for an effective date.
6
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
8
9 Section 1. W.S. 6-8-405 is amended to read:
10
11 6-8-405. Offenses and penalties; defense of Wyoming
12 citizens.
13
14 (a) No public servant as defined in W.S. 6-5-101, or
15 dealer selling any firearm in this state shall enforce or
16 attempt to enforce any act, law, statute, rule or
2013 STATE OF WYOMING 13LSO-0426
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1 regulation of the United States government relating to a
2 personal firearm, firearm accessory or ammunition that is
3 owned or manufactured commercially or privately in Wyoming
4 and that remains exclusively within the borders of Wyoming.
5
6 (b) Any official, agent or employee of the United
7 States government who enforces or attempts to enforce any
8 act, order, law, statute, rule or regulation of the United
9 States government upon a personal firearm, a firearm
10 accessory or ammunition that is owned or manufactured
11 commercially or privately in Wyoming and that remains
12 exclusively within the borders of Wyoming shall be guilty
13 of a misdemeanor felony and, upon conviction, shall be
14 subject to imprisonment for not more less than one (1) year
15 and one (1) day or more than five (5) years, a fine of not
16 more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) five thousand
17 dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
18
19 (c) The attorney general may defend a citizen of
20 Wyoming who is prosecuted by the United States government
21 for violation of a federal law relating to the manufacture,
22 sale, transfer or possession of a firearm, a firearm
23 accessory or ammunition owned or manufactured and retained
24 exclusively within the borders of Wyoming.
2013 STATE OF WYOMING 13LSO-0426
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1
2 (d) Any federal law, rule, regulation or order
3 created or effective on or after January 1, 2013 shall be
4 unenforceable within the borders of Wyoming if the law,
5 rule, regulation or order attempts to:
6
7 (i) Ban or restrict ownership of a semi8
automatic firearm or any magazine of a firearm; or
9
10 (ii) Require any firearm, magazine or other
11 firearm accessory to be registered in any manner.
12
13 Section 2. This act is effective immediately upon
14 completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
15 as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
16 Constitution.
17
18 (END)

 

[Wheel House Motorsports]

i like where they are headed with that!!

 

[rockdog2112]

It will be interesting for sure.

 

[Mafesto]

Please post a link.

I would like to forward.

 

[Vern]

sounds good, maybe if it passes other states will follow suit.

 

[Scott]

Montana does have something like that. AND is working on something else too.


I love these sovereignty laws that are coming through.

 

[jzanc532]

Interesting indeed, thanks for sharing dogger.

 

[m8braaaap]

hell!!! im moving to wyoming if it passes bcuz i dont think that will ever happen here in colorado.us rednecks would have a hard time outnumbering the hippies and california imports!!

 

[mtsummitx]

Montana does have something like that. AND is working on something else too.


I love these sovereignty laws that are coming through.

Sorry Scott, but nothing like that would ever pass here since all the Calitanan's voted in another Dem. governor. Can you say Veto!!!!

 

[Scott]

Sorry Scott, but nothing like that would ever pass here since all the Calitanan's voted in another Dem. governor. Can you say Veto!!!!

Montana DOES have some gun sovereignty laws. I don't know exactly what they are, but it's what attracts so many gun part machinists and cottage industry gun makers to Montana.

I saw in the paper in the last few days that someone was drafting legislation to strengthen those laws also.

 

[allied1]

They better hurry! Obama is going to by-pass the legislative process by using executive order to begin his gun control agenda.

 

[mtsummitx]

Scott, I think this is probably the law you refer to that attracts manufacturing. As far as any sovereignty laws protecting specifically Montana residents, and/or pushing back against further oppression on law abiding gun owners from Uncle Sam, I see none. Defienately not anything like the OP showed Wyoming proposing. My point was, given the leadership in this state, nothing like the OP's post would EVER pass in MT. Might not even pass in WY. But who knows, they were smart enough to pass permitless concealed carry. Don't take me wrong, I don't have a problem with background checks, I am a concealed permit holder, went through a much more stringent background check for that than any firearm purchase. But, I do not agree with registration, and I do not like being told what kind of gun I can have.

MCA 27-1-720. Liability -- defect in design of firearms or ammunition. (1) In a products liability action, no firearm or ammunition may be considered defective in design on the basis that the benefits of the product do not outweigh the risk of injury posed by its potential to cause serious injury, damage, or death when discharged.
(2) For purposes of this section:
(a) the potential of a firearm or ammunition to cause serious injury, damage, or death when discharged does not make the product defective in design; and
(b) injuries or damages resulting from the discharge of a firearm or ammunition are not proximately caused by its potential to cause serious injury, damage, or death but are proximately caused by the actual discharge of the product.
(3) The provisions of this section do not affect a products liability cause of action based upon the improper selection of design alternatives.

 

[mtsummitx]

Scott, here's another one that manufactures probably like about MT. Can't be sued by municipalities, state only. Would have to be something big to get the state to sue.

MCA 7-1-115. Governmental right to sue firearms or ammunition manufacturer, trade association, or dealer in tort or for abatement or injunctive relief. The governmental right to bring suit against a firearms or ammunition manufacturer, trade association, or dealer for abatement, injunctive relief, or tort damages resulting from or relating to the design, manufacture, marketing, or sale of firearms or ammunition sold to the public is reserved exclusively to the state and may not be exercised by a local governmental unit. The state may sue under this section on its own behalf or on behalf of a local governmental unit, or both.

 

[rockdog2112]

Please post a link.

I would like to forward.

Sorry Mafesto. I got it off a friends page. I just copied and pasted. I would imagine it's on the Wyo State Leg. site on the agenda but I haven't looked yet.

 

[rockdog2112]

Regardless of what happens with this bill, I think it's going to bring up some interesting debates and conversations between states about how proposed gun control laws are going to be dealt with as far as the feds go.
If my great state were to actually pass this, the feds would have to come here to enforce it or they would start blocking federal funds.
It kind of seems like the same situation as with Colorado and Washington about pot laws. I may get interesting especially if other states adopt similar bills. I sure hope they do and soon. It might send one hell of a message to congress.

 

[rockdog2112]

I just found this. It looks like it's a bill to modify an existing law.

http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2013/Introduced/HB0104.pdf

 

[Scott]

Mtsummitx, yeah, I think that's recently what I was thinking of. Thanks for clarifying.

 

[PJ-Hunter]

Never happen in Colorado, we have Denver and Boulder so we are fawked!

 

[rockdog2112]

Never happen in Colorado, we have Denver and Boulder so we are fawked!

Found this on another site.

COLORADO ALERT: 2013 Anti-Gun Bills at the State Capitol


Updated information on anti-Second Amendment bills in the 2013 Colorado Legislature:


We can expect 14 to 20 anti-gun bills. The current Democrat package includes:


A ban on an undetermined number of semi-automatic firearms (No grandfather clause)

A ban on magazines of over ten rounds (No grandfather clause).

Making an individual with a violent misdemeanor a "prohibited person" re: gun ownership.

A ban on private sales by requiring universal background checks.

A waiting period on background checks that will kill gun shows.

Rollback of concealed carry on college campuses.

More strict enforcement of gun confiscation related to restraining orders

Wider use of mental health treatment information for gun control purposes


Published reports indicate that rabid, anti-gun, millionaire, New York City Mayor Bloomberg is sending a well funded team to Colorado to push gun control.