VA bill to Nullify NDAA indefinite detention of US citizens
GunOwners.org reports,
Virginia may be on the verge of saying “NO!” to one of the most blatant abuses of federal power in recent years.
As you know, at the end of last year, Congress passed and Barack Obama signed a defense authorization bill which contained a provision [section 1021] allowing American citizens to be arrested on American soil, detained indefinitely, tried in a military court, and deported to a Third World country for torture.
An American could be detained if he “substantially supported” an individual who engaged in a belligerent act against theU.S. or its allies, whether knowingly or unknowingly.
Thus, if you were to sell a gun to a Timothy McVeigh, unaware of his intentions, you could have all of your constitutional rights summarily taken away by Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder under the terms of this new law.
But now, Virginia Delegate Bob Marshall has introduced legislation to prohibit Virginia law enforcement officials from enforcing this unconstitutional language. That bill is House Bill 1160, which has already passed out of its initial subcommittee.
House Bill 1160 implicitly piggybacks on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision partially invalidating the Brady Law. That case, the Printz case, held that, under our system of federalism, a state can’t, against its will, be turned into a “go-fer” to enforce a federal law enforcement regulatory scheme.
ACTION: Please call your delegate and ask him to support House Bill 1160.
CONTACT: To identify and contact your delegate, go to http://conview.state.va.us/whosmy.nsf/main?openform and enter your address in the form provided. When the results display, clicking on the “More about” link will lead you to your delegate’s e-mail address.
While not nullification per se as the GOA headline may suggest, the bill if passed would effectively nullify the enforcement of the federal statute by state or local police. Of course, this does not bar federal police, armed bureaucrats, or military members from carrying out the provisions with that state.
This means, the real test of “nullification” would be whether the state or local officials are willing to help resist the enforcement of anything the state decrees is a null and void law within its jurisdiction.
And while this is a state house bill and action is thus called for VA residents primarily, you could still take action in your state by calling your own state reps and requesting they introduce a similar (or even stricter) measure in your state.
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