URGENT: The House Committee on Federal and State Affairs held a hearing on HB 2803, the “Kansas Gun Rights Preservation Act,” a strong bill to nullify federal gun control. Please contact your state representative and senator, and urge them to support and enact this important bill.
Members of the Kansas Legislature are seeking to pass legislation that would nullify unconstitutional federal gun control and protect the God-given self-defense rights of Kansans. It is imperative that legislators pass this bill and reject every attempt to weaken it.
House Bill No. 2442 (HB 2442) and House Bill No. 2803 (HB 2803), both titled the Kansas Gun Rights Preservation Act, is sponsored by the House Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
HB 2442 gives a list of policies, which might be contained in “federal acts, laws, executive orders, administrative orders, rules and regulations” that violate the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment and Section 4 of the Bill of Rights of the Kansas Constitution. These include any tax that might discourage firearm purchases or ownership; gun confiscation laws; laws that prohibit law-abiding individuals to own, use, or transfer firearms; and laws mandating the tracking and registration of firearms, gun owners, gun accessories, or ammunition. Meanwhile, HB 2803 would prohibit state and local governments from participating in federal gun-control efforts.
Importantly, these bills nullify past, present, and future unconstitutional firearm restrictions. Additionally, while the bill does not name any specific federal laws, the 1934 National Firearms Act and the 1968 Gun Control Act would effectively be included among the laws nullified.
The rest of the bill primarily ensures that government officials at the state and local levels do not enforce the listed unconstitutional federal gun control policies and provides citizens with a means of redress if their self-defense rights are violated.
Additionally, House Bill No. 2441 (HB 2441) would ban state and local officials from enforcing federal “red flag” laws or accepting federal grants to do so.
Importance
HB 2442 and HB 2803 are excellent applications of Article VI of the U.S. Constitution, which states, “[t]his Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof … shall be the supreme Law of the Land.”
Since the various forms of infringement outlined in this bill violate the U.S. Constitution, they cannot be considered “made in Pursuance thereof” and, thus, are not “the supreme Law of the Land.” Unfortunately, in the last several decades, thousands of unconstitutional laws on the federal, state, and even local levels have been created and enforced.
Because of this, it is important that officials at all levels of government begin to push back against this lawless regime and robustly enforce the Constitution and only those laws “made in Pursuance thereof.” HB 2442 and HB 2803 are excellent models for other states to follow.
Urge your state representative and senator to support and pass the Kansas Gun Rights Preservation Act (HB 2442 and HB 2803) and to push back against all other unconstitutional laws at every level of government.
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