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Offline mrclose

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Tennessee representative tells President Obama to 'shove it'
« on: January 05, 2016, 04:49:07 PM »
Tennessee representative tells President Obama to 'shove it'

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Tennessee State Representative Andy Holt sent a letter to President Obama today, telling him to "take your gun control and shove it."

The aggressive statement comes just after the president's announcement that he will take executive action to tighten restrictions on gun purchases by implementing more thorough background checks.

Holt, of District 76, cited James Madison's Federalist Paper #46. In it the founding father said that states have the power to oppose the federal government through legislation. He referenced, for example, HB1341, a policy that bars the State from supporting the enforcement of federal gun control measures.
Holt said the constitutionality of Obama's actions is irrelevant due to the fact that the president cannot make states enforce federal policy.

"If the feds want to enforce the law, then they can come here and do it themselves," he said.

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Re: Tennessee representative tells President Obama to 'shove it'
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2016, 06:31:31 PM »
Despite the deluded leftist mindset and "good intentions", this whole gun control stuff is going to backfire.  No pun intended.
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Re: Tennessee representative tells President Obama to 'shove it'
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2016, 06:52:59 PM »
Despite the deluded leftist mindset and "good intentions", this whole gun control stuff is going to backfire.  No pun intended.

I certainly hope you are correct.
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