Tenth Amendment Center
May 2, 2013
On Thursday, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback received a letter from
Federal Attorney General Eric Holder threatening action against the state should
it enforce SB102 which Brownback signed into law last month.The new law states, in part:
Any act, law, treaty, order, rule or regulation of the government of the United States which violates the second amendment to the constitution of the United States is null, void and unenforceable in the state of Kansas
The bill also provides for criminal penalties against federal agents who attempt to enforce specific federal laws on guns manufactured in the state of Kansas and sold within the state – as the state takes the position under the new law that the federal government does not “interstate commerce” authority over such items.
In his letter, Holder didn’t take too kindly to such a proposition. He wrote:
“In purporting to override federal law and to criminalize the official acts of federal officers, SB102 directly conflicts with federal law and is therefore unconstitutional.”
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I hope Kansas Governor Sam Brownback stands his ground.
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