May 2, 2013
Attorney General Eric Holder
Office of the Attorney General
Washington, DC 20530
Dear Attorney General Holder:
The State of Kansas is in receipt of your letter in which you place Kansas on notice regarding the view of the Obama Administration concerning the state’s Second Amendment Protection Act . . .
The right to keep and bear arms is a right that Kansans hold dear. It is a right enshrined not only in the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, but also protected by the Kansas Bill of Rights. The people of Kansas have repeatedly and overwhelmingly reaffirmed their commitment to protecting this fundamental right. The people of Kansas are likewise committed to defending the sovereignty of the State of Kansas as guaranteed in the Ninth and Tenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.
The state’s Second Amendment Protection Act, which expressly restates our commitment to these rights, was approved by wide, bi-partisan margins in the Kansas Legislature. The measure was adopted by a vote of 35 to 4 in the Kansas Senate with the Democrat Senate Minority Leader supporting the bill. The measure was adopted by a vote of 96 to 24 in the Kansas House of Representatives. Again, the Democrat House Minority Leader voted for the bill. This is not a partisan issue in Kansas.
The people of Kansas have clearly expressed their sovereign will. It is my hope that upon further review, you will see their right to do so.
Sincerely,
Sam Brownback
Governor
[Click here for the Kansas Secretary of State’s reply to the Holder missive.]
This should be interesting.
Google image search of “Liberator” shows something much more fun looking than a stamped steel pistol.
Brownback for President!
I’d still like to see those whole income tax and direct election of senators things thrown out.
I wonder how much support there will be when all the sudden the fed needs to allot real money, real attention, and real work to wage a law enforcement war against Kansas, particularly since this is over an issue which causes vastly fewer negative repercussions in society than something like illegal drugs… the current thing the FBI is quickly losing their misguided war against.
All this blustering can happen for free. When they start actually doing it someone’s going to have to account for a decision based on cost vs benefits.
The Kansas Governor is pretty smart though if he is a republican partisan, and Holder and the Whitehouse is pretty dumb to take the bait. If Kansas can get in a legal/law enforcement battle with the federal government over this it will be AMAZING fodder for the upcoming elections.
In the meantime, just to the west, Colorado Governor Hickenlooper and the legislature roll on their backs for a collective belly rub from Holder, Obama, Bloomie et al.
Am I to understand that there are either no springs in this printed plastic gun, or the springs are made of ABS plastic, and produce enough strength of tension to make a metal firing pin discharge a primer in centerfire ammunition? Fascinating.
I predict that this technology will be met with hysterics, ridiculous laws, and fear based efforts to repress and prevent it from getting “out of control”. Inevitably, it will become commonplace, and plastic printed guns will eventually be everywhere, undetectable or not, legal or not, and they may just force our society and maybe out world to grow up and accept personal responsibility instead of trying to legislate away the fears of the masses.
This gives me hope.
Kansas to Holder: GFY!
TWO Dessert Eagles? Whoa… in his belly? I gotta get me one of those then.
Sh!ts about to get real. Good for you Kansas, rock on! I hope Ohio does the same or something similar in the near future.
Well, there’s been bills preempting any future Federal gun control laws sitting in both the House and Senate for a few months now. I haven’t heard of them going anywhere yet, though.
Edit: Yes, I hope it/they go to a vote.
texas votes on its own version tomorrow.
i hope and pray to the powers that be it passes.
The power is with you and the other voters in your state. At least it said so in my high school textbooks. And my high school civics teacher, the great Rev. Floyd T. Binns – he said so too. Rest his soul.
OH believe me. ive been calling my reps and sharing on facebook. Texas has JUST enough Dems to make me worry about it passing.
a little divine intervention never hurt though…lmao
And this is why I may accept a promotion and move to Kansas. Colorado, as beautiful a place as there is, has passed the point of no return and I won’t continue to fund its demise with my tax dollars.
Something about a line in the sand. Where’s YOUR state’s?
Well, since I live in unincorporated Leavenworth County…
Girls with nice guns….what’s not to like?
And so it begins. What I never expected is that it would begin in Kansas.
I know for certain that there are Justices on the Supreme Court who are absolutely prepared to clip the Federal wings on the Commerce Clause, with Thomas in the lead. Ever since the Lopez case in 1955, he’s been gearing up for a fight. All I can say is, it’s about f^cking time.
I say keep em coming. i really dont see why attractive women at A FREAKING GUN CONVENTION do not belong on A FREAKING GUN FORUM.
but this is my view and worth exactly what you paid for it…
All consenting adults, what’s the problem?
Comment disappeared….Bummer…… It was poignant and erudite….
Uh, the role of a “booth babe” is actually a job. Why should anyone be insulted or offended if you show pictures of people doing their job? It’s not like they were under duress or forced to be a booth babe….
Now, if you called the NRA Ambassador a booth babe, well that’s a different story.
Yeeeeah, since the comments were deleted, I see nobody is getting the point, including RF. It wasn’t the pic. There’s nothing wrong with “admiring the female form” or pics of booth babes. That’s not what I find objectionable. It’s the accompanying comments about them that I find disrespectful and often creepy. RF’s “on the prowl”? Prowlers. Are. Creepy.
Other times, though, it has been the pic, like RF’s tendency to link to a collection of bikini photos apropos of nothing, or to a model’s site on a post about a model who was shot dead.
I completely understand liking to look at women in bikinis. It’s one of my more enjoyable pastimes. However, I also don’t drop those pics in completely unrelated threads, especially threads talking about a woman who is dead. How much more disrespectful can you get than to go, “Yeah, she’s dead and that sucks but here’s BOOBS.”
And commenters aren’t blameless either (hurr hurr chest/vest). I like looking at beautiful women. Some of the things I like about them are breasts. I do not comment about their breasts because I am not a tasteless boor with no idea what an appropriate compliment is.
And I definitely don’t talk about them as if they are just a place to shove my junk with comments like “sometimes the journey is the destination.”
Couldn’t have put it better myself and I stand with my original comment; creeper.
Just so I understand; if your comment disagrees with RF’s point of view it is a flame and gets deleted? Kiss the ring or have your comment deleted? Apparently there isn’t enough room for the freedom of speech in here.
Honestly, I’ve only seen two so far that make me go “Oh, wow” and they’ve both been very conservatively dressed. Keep posting what you feel like Rob. The ones I don’t find attractive I scroll right by and even the ones I do I only look at for a few seconds before moving on.
Again. Not remotely the point.
Russ, you said it well! Wholesome, Real, almost Magical. It’s as though someone placed everything I like about this country in one small, delightful package.
Wish I was 40 years younger! (and single….)
Calm down everyone. If you had gone to the convention, these girls would’ve gotten your attention, you would’ve had the same thoughts in your head (she is hot etc.) Nobody would’ve cared and life would’ve gone on. Guess what? It happens everyday all around the world, it is completely natural, and nobody cares.
in other words
“SORRY KANSAS BUT WE SUPERSEDE THE BILL OF RIGHTS”
UHHHH 9th & 10th amendment ? ? ? ? ?
go Kansas go !
I thought you were exaggerating on the arm movement until I actually watched the video. Every time I see one of these completely avoidable, negligent firearms stories it kills me.
“lawmakers have an obligation to these kids to try again.”
Lawmakers have an obligation to uphold the law, you stupid, hideous, tyrant-fvcker.