It’s not about guns, it’s about freedom

May 18, 11:36 AMBoston Gun Rights ExaminerRon Bokleman

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For those that have been following these columns you already know this self-evident truth. Those that have taken initiative to join the Boston Gun Rights Examiner social networking site, you know this as the opening tag line. But why? It’s simple really. The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution was placed there as the ultimate backstop and protection of all our other rights.

It is ALL about Freedom. Freedom as defined by our Founding Fathers and as written, word for word, in the United States Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and discussed at length in the founders own words in the Federalist Papers. (If you haven’t read them lately, I’d encourage you to rediscover these precious documents.)

Today, as then, it’s about Freedom. Freedoms that have been steadily eroded and usurped by all three branches of our Federal Government over the last 96 years. A Federal Government that has, slowly, but surely enslaved its citizens and reduced once sovereign, independent States to mere enforcers of intrusive, controlling, Federal laws. Laws that are gross violations of the Constitutional powers “We The People” granted to it.

Well no more. The true patriots of America have awoken and it’s not too late to peacefully reverse this 96 year drift into soft despotism. Some 30 States and counting have introduced State sovereignty resolutions, but the sovereign State of Montana has fired the first gun rights focused shot against our leviathan Federal Government with H.B. 246 “Montana Firearms Freedom Act”.

Many have wrongly assumed that this bill written by Gary Marbut, President of the Montana Shooting Sports Association is about guns. It is not. It’s about Montana’s sovereignty to regulate its own manufactured goods, within its own borders and is a direct challenge to the Federal Governments interstate commerce laws. A bad ruling by the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) in Wickard v. Filburn handed down on November 9, 1942. It was ruled that Roscoe Filburn was in direct violation of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. His crime? Mr. Filburn grew more wheat than he was allowed under the act. Filburn argued that because the excess wheat was produced for his private consumption on his own farm, it never entered commerce at all, much less interstate commerce, and therefore was not a proper subject of federal regulation under the Commerce Clause. SCOTUS ruled, in my opinion, wrongly against him.

In short, this is what Montana is fighting against through the passage of H.B. 246. Montana doing what all States were not only entitled and empowered to do, but were supposed to be doing for each of citizens; protecting their rights from the abuses of an overreaching Federal Government.

Instead too many [States] are now themselves held hostage by an insatiable (regardless of party affiliation) Federal Government power grab. In truth, a soft despotism that now exists within our own borders; one in the same that we declared our independence from 234 years ago.

Last Friday, Glenn Beck ran a show entitled “The Civilest of Wars” and had as his guests Gary Marbut and Rep. Joel Boniek (R-Livingston) who worked so diligently to introduce and see passed H.B. 246 “Montana Firearms Freedom Act”. In addition Representatives from Utah and Texas were on hand to discuss the Montana bill and promising to introduce similar legislation in their own states.

If you missed this, you can watch Part I below, and Part II and Part III at the Boston Gun Rights Examiner social networking site after signing up.

The message? Firearms sales are up. Ammunition has become more scarce due to the large increase in the number of firearms owners in America. States are sending clear messages to the Federal government in the hope that they will head the warning signs of discontent. The message is clear, irrespective of party lines, we are Americans and we value our freedom and we will not allow the Federal Government to control (rule) every aspect of our lives. The question is; are they listening?

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