Posted: 1/29/2014 10:26:03 PM EDT
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Looks like another nullification bill was introduced in our legislature. And it looks like they changed the language in the bill for the better.
HB4369 (a) The State of West Virginia declares that as all future federal and local statutes, ordinances, laws, orders and rules concerning firearms, firearm accessories, ammunition and their accouterments contradict the true meaning and intent as given by the founders and ratifiers of the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and Article III, section twenty-two of the Constitution of the State of West Virginia those statutes, ordinances, laws, orders and rules violate the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of West Virginia and are invalid. NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to make all future federal and local statutes, ordinances, laws, orders and rules concerning firearms, firearm accessories, ammunition and their accouterments invalid and unenforceable. The bill makes it a felony to attempt to enforce a federal or local statute, ordinance, law, order or rule concerning firearms, firearm accessories, ammunition and their accouterments that violate the state and federal constitutions. The bill makes findings. The bill provides penalties. The bill requires the Attorney General to defend citizens of West Virginia who are prosecuted by the United States Government for violation of a federal law relating to the manufacture, sale, transfer or possession of a firearm, a firearm accessory or ammunition. The bill provides for retroactivity. The bill provides that ex post facto laws are not created. |