Thursday, September 30, 2010
Gun Rights Lawsuit Dismissed
WEST VIRGINIA....
A federal judge, U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy, has dismissed a lawsuit by gun rights advocates and states seeking freedom from federal gun laws. The lawsuit involving Montana, Utah, Alabama, Idaho, South Carolina, South Dakota, Wyoming and West Virginia argued that states should decide which rules, if any, would control the sale and purchase of guns and paraphernalia made inside their borders. The states said the 10th Amendment of the Constitution assures that the federal government only has those powers that are specifically given to it by the Constitution. A magistrate had recommended tossing out the lawsuit, saying Congress has the authority to regulate firearms with its constitutional power to regulate interstate commerce.
A federal judge, U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy, has dismissed a lawsuit by gun rights advocates and states seeking freedom from federal gun laws. The lawsuit involving Montana, Utah, Alabama, Idaho, South Carolina, South Dakota, Wyoming and West Virginia argued that states should decide which rules, if any, would control the sale and purchase of guns and paraphernalia made inside their borders. The states said the 10th Amendment of the Constitution assures that the federal government only has those powers that are specifically given to it by the Constitution. A magistrate had recommended tossing out the lawsuit, saying Congress has the authority to regulate firearms with its constitutional power to regulate interstate commerce.
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