Daniel White tells us the feds have responded to Montana concerning their Firearms Freedom Act lawsuit. [More]
Wading through the legalese, it essentially boils down to two words, the first one starting with an "F," and I don't mean "firearms" or "freedom."
I was going to say something on it but I've been busy following the SHOT Show bust, so I'll have to rip Daniel off in tomorrow's column.
Of course the US government will rely on the unConstitutional decision they made in the Wickard vs. Filburn case from 1942. This case has no Constitutional underpinnings of any kind, it was a naked power grab by the US government under the fascist F. Roosevelt junta.
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn
That case should have been a Waco event, but was largely ignored by citizens due to the Roosevelt initiated American involvement in WWII.
Roosevelt was the second worst US government president ever, though he tried, he could never do as much damage to America as Lincoln.
I understand that particular farmer was sucking at the federal teat and that's how they got away with that...?
ReplyDeleteNot to my knowledge. Filburn's wheat was used solely on his own farm, the DoAg asserted authority over it.
ReplyDeleteThe Army Corps of Engineers does the same thing today. I have a spring on my property for which I dug a pond to enable use as irrigation water. Now I have a wet land and could not fill in the pond I created without CoE permission.
From the Wikipedia entry:
ReplyDelete"During 1941, producers who cooperated with the Agricultural Adjustment program received an average price on the farm of about $1.16 a bushel, as compared with the world market price of 40 cents a bushel...
...In July 1940, pursuant to the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, Filburn's 1941 allotment was established at 11.1 acres (45,000 m) and a normal yield of 20.1 bushels of wheat per acre. Filburn was given notice of the allotment in July 1940 before the Fall planting of his 1941 crop of wheat, and again in July 1941, before it was harvested. Despite these notices Filburn planted 23 acres (93,000 m) and harvested 239 bushels from his 11.9 acres (48,000 m) of excess area."
Seems he wanted it both ways--government benefits without government costs. That differentiates the FFA effort.
And yeah, as for the COE, talk about unconstitutional unaccountable usurpers...