If I could offer up any advise please make the SAPA portion a STAND ALONE piece of legislation and SEPARATE it from the RsMO stuff.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ron Calzone <r...@mofirst.org> Date: Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 1:38 AM Subject: 2nd Amendment Preservation Act (SB 613) Senate Hearing Witness Form To: t.ma...@gmail.com Click here to view in your browser.<http://www.mofirst.org/emails/SB613-Hearing-1.php> [image: Enable graphics to view.] *Dedicated to the sovereignty of Missourians.* *Second Amendment Preservation Act Senate Hearing Soon* Fill out Witness Forms Now! SB 613 is the 2014 version of HB 436 Sponsor: Senator Brian Nieves Missouri First Home <http://www.mofirst.org/> SAPA Resource Page <http://www.mofirst.org/?page=issues/SAPA-Resources.php> January 16, 2014 Witnesses / Witness Forms needed for Senate Hearing Tom, The 2014 version of the Second Amendment Preservation Act has been filed in both the Senate and the House. The senate version, SB 613<http://www.senate.mo.gov/14info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=27723646>, has been assigned to the General Laws committee, which is chaired by Sen. Brian Nieves, the bill's sponsor. The hearing for the bill will probably be January 21st or 28th. Please fill out your witness form now, so we will be prepared. We need hundreds of witness forms to show you still demand action! Witness Form - I will hand deliver your witness form and also make your testimony available online for the committee to read. Tom Martz's custom witness form link for SB 613<http://www.libertytools.org/LibertyTools/witness/witness2.php?template=25&cuid=MTA4MA%3D%3D> (Remove this link before forwarding this email.) *Generic Witness Form: Witness form link for SB 613 <http://www.libertytools.org/LibertyTools/witness/witness2.php?template=31>* Details about SB 613<http://www.senate.mo.gov/14info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=27723646>& HB 1439 <http://www.house.mo.gov/billsummary.aspx?bill=HB1439&year=2014&code=R> For the latest updates and an expanding list of FAQs, go to SAPA Resource Page <http://www.mofirst.org/?page=issues/SAPA-Resources.php>. This year's version of SAPA is just as powerful as the version we passed with super-majorities and Governor Nixon vetoed in 2013. There is still a private cause of action clause and federal officials who violate your 2nd Amendment rights can still be arrested. Gone, however, are some poorly worded clauses, like the prohibition of publishing the names of gun owners and problematic language relating to detention of students. The concerns of some in the law enforcement community, although largely exaggerated and trumped up by Attorney General Foster, have also been addressed. And a delayed enactment provision diffuses all arguments that we may inadvertently allow something bad that only federal law prohibits, since there will be plenty of time to pass other state laws dealing with unforeseen issues. *And what may be most important, the delayed enactment date is AFTER Attorney General Koster leaves office. Recall that he vowed NOT to defend last year's bill, if it became law.* Senator's Tom Dempsey and Ron Richard made several improvements to the bill which not only make it easier to pass, but also more effective once passed. Although they changed their votes and were responsible for the failure to override the veto, they have committed to fast-tracking this year's bill and overriding a veto during the spring legislative session. Here's a good news story about this year's effort across the country: States may bind together to fight federal gun laws<http://rt.com/usa/missouri-nullify-gun-laws-539/> SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BILL Since the 10th Amendment makes it clear that all powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the People, the regulation of the ownership of arms is a state, not a federal matter. That applies to ALL such regulation. We must demand from our legislators no less than the strongest, most principled stand they can take to defend our right to keep and bear arms! Rep. Doug Funderburk and Sen. Brian Nieves' "Second Amendment Preservation Act" is the strongest and most principled protection of the right to keep and bear arms in the nation!. Notice that it utilizes the words of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to explain Missouri's authority to nullify unconstitutional federal edicts within her borders. Including this language is essential to the success of the bill. It also specifically lists the types of things we will not put up with, and that's what gives state officials the "cover" they need to enforce the bill. For Liberty, - Ron Meet the Sponsors *SB 613*<http://www.senate.mo.gov/14info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=27723646> [image: Brian Nieves] Sen. Brian Nieves *HB 1439*<http://www.house.mo.gov/billsummary.aspx?bill=HB1439&year=2014&code=R> [image: Rep. Doug Funderburk] Rep. Doug Funderburk The Supremacy Clause “This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land” (emphasis added) (U.S. Constitution, Article VI) Hamilton on the Supremacy Clause “I maintain that the word supreme imports no more than this — that the Constitution, and laws made in pursuance thereof, cannot be controlled or defeated by any other law. The acts of the United States, therefore, will be absolutely obligatory as to all the proper objects and powers of the general government...but the laws of Congress are restricted to a certain sphere, and when they depart from this sphere, they are no longer supreme or binding” (emphasis added) (Alexander Hamilton, at New York’s ratifying convention). 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