Firearms freedom act amendments (Notice via TFA)

[Sam1]

Tennessee Firearms Association, Inc. - Legislative Action Committee

Sen. Beavers' 2013 Firearms Freedom Act Amendments - SB0250 - would move to nullify federal laws and orders that violation the constitution.

Senate Bill 250 (SB0250), is a significant update to the 2009 Firearms Freedom Act that Senator Beavers championed.  It also incorporates the substance of the 2nd Amendment Preservation Acts that are being run in many other states.  This legislation, introduced by State Senator Mae Beavers, is intended to stop unconstitutional federal gun restrictions within Tennessee because Congress was never given the authority to pass such laws in the first instance.  SB0250 would nullify federal attempts to “ban, regulate, or restrict…ownership, transfer, possession, or manufacture of a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition” within the State of Tennessee.

Some legislators lack the spine to support this legislation and stand firm on the 10th Amendment as well as the full substance of the Bill of Rights.  You will hear these legislators submissively pander to the federal government usurpation of power by chanting "the Supremacy Clause" as they repeat the federal lie that the mere existence of a federal law supercedes any state law.  What those legislators fail to state or accept is that the Supremacy Clause only applies to federal action that is clearly within the scope of the very limited enumerated powers that have been given by the states to the federal government in the first place.  The Supremacy Clause (at least until Justice Roberts comments on it) cannot cure an otherwise unconstitutional law and make it constitutionally enforceable.

The bill has been scheduled for a public hearing and potential vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, 02-19-13. (3pm CST)  Your support and action is needed right now to help move this legislation forward.

 

TAKE ACTION NOW

CALL and EMAIL.  Do both and do them repeatedly until you get to speak to these legislators and get written responses from them. 

 

1. Please Contact the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee
Senator Kelsey: (615) 741-3036 or email: sen.brian.kelsey@capitol.tn.gov

Politely thank him for scheduling the hearing and allowing the bill to be debated and voted upon.  Encourage him to vote YES on SB0250 to move it to a full debate in the Tennessee Senate.

Make sure you tell Senator Kelsey that Tennesseans do not need or want an attorney general's opinion as to whether or not the attorney general thinks that this type of law may or may not be constitutional.  Kelsey has indicated that he wants to get such an opinion but that is clearly just a maneuver to attempt to stop this important legislation.

 

2. Please Contact the rest of the members of the Judiciary Committee
Strongly, but respectfully, let each of them know that you want them to vote YES on SB0250.  You want them to allow the full State Senate to be able to debate the merits of this bill.  You want them to have the courage to stand up for the Constitution.  Remind them that they swore an oath, and it’s their duty to stand help you preserve your right to keep and bear arms.

Sen. Doug Overbey
(615) 741-0981, sen.doug.overbey@capitol.tn.gov

Sen. Stacey Campfield
(615) 741-1766, sen.stacey.campfield@capitol.tn.gov

Sen. Mike Bell
(615) 741-1946, sen.mike.bell@capitol.tn.gov

Sen. Lowe Finney
(615) 741-1810, sen.lowe.finney@capitol.tn.gov

Sen. Ophelia Ford
(615) 741-1767, sen.ophelia.ford@capitol.tn.gov

Sen. Todd Gardenhire
(615) 741-6682, sen.todd.gardenhire@capitol.tn.gov

Sen. Mark Green
(615) 741-2374, sen.mark.green@capitol.tn.gov

Sen. John Stevens
615) 741-4576, sen.john.stevens@capitol.tn.gov

 

3. Attend the public hearing. 
Tuesday, February 19, 2013. (3pm Central, Tentatively)
Be prepared to attend the committee meeting to show your support for the bill if you are in the Nashville area, or even to take off work and travel to Nashville to be present. We need a strong showing at this committee meeting.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/senate/committees/judiciary.html

 

4. Contact YOUR state senator and representative and request that they also contact these committee members and demand that they send this bill to the floor so that all legislators can have a vote and a voice on this important legislation.  Use the following links to look up the phone numbers and email addresses for your personal legislators

House Member - emails and telephone numbers

Senate Member - emails and telephone numbers

[TNinfidel]

Anyone call or email the legislators above on this?  I just found out about it tonight... :rant:

[Guest 6.8 AR]

Enumerated powers. About time someone else mentioned it! Screw that supremacy clause and all those who want to use it

for everything.

[Jamie Jackson]

Yes, I sent off e-mails on this early this morning.

 

I subscribe to [url=http://tncampaignforliberty.org/wordpress/] TN Campaign for Liberty newsletters[/url] and received last evening.

 

I've received favorable responses from Stacey Campfield and Mark Green so far.

 

I'll be sending out more e-mails to those that haven't responded.

We gotta let them know where we stand and keep some pressure on the fence sitters.

Edited February 19, 2013 by prag

[Sam1]

You all may want to sign up for TFA, they have been sending out some good emails lately.

[GKar]

There's now been a fiscal note tagged onto SB0250 that seriously derails any chance of passage in the bill's current form.  One legislator offered the opinion that an amendment that reduced the penalty from a felony down to a misdemeanor would nullify the note, thus breathing life back into chances of the bill's passing...but would not doing so significantly reduce (or eliminate) any possible deterrent value of this legislation?

 

Just to play Carnac for a moment - we should soon see an appearance in this thread of at least one opinion that the bill is worthless anyway, so why not let it die... :popcorn:

[Jamie Jackson]

I was afraid of that GKar.

 

In my e-mails I asked it be passed with no amendments specifically.

 

We'll see...

[Worriedman]

An interesting exchange on a different venue from a sitting Senator, explains that the fiscal note put the legislation "behind" the budget, effectively killing any chance is has in its current for for passage.

 

I suspect that the Establishment Republicans are desirous of strangling this baby in its bed, might interfere with their place in line for some Federal Grant...

[Worriedman]

For those of you in the Clarksville area, your Senator, Mark Green is likely the swing vote in this issue.  Please contact him to make sure he knows that your desire is that the issue go to the floor for a vote, Ramsey and Kelsey are choking the life out of the bill as I type.

[GKar]

The fact that the bill is brought on the Senate side by Mae Beavers couldn't possibly have anything to do with leadership's opposition, now could it?

[Worriedman]

Can't figure out how to get the whole thing on, but here is the gist, Kesley has killed both HB 42 and SB 250.