Sorry folks but this bill violates not only the first amendment but also ART 1 SEC 8 of the MO constitution. You can either ask the governor to sign something which violates the constitution or demand the republicans rewrite it and REMOVE the constitutional violations..
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ron Calzone <r...@mofirst.org> Date: Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 10:54 AM Subject: Time to write Gov. Nixon a letter - SIGN the Second Amendment Preservation Act To: t.ma...@gmail.com Click here to view in your browser.<http://www.mofirst.org/emails/HB436-needs-govs-sig.html> [image: Enable graphics to view.] *Dedicated to the sovereignty of Missourians.* *Missouri Second Amendment Preservation Act Close to the finish line!* *The ball is in the governor's court...* *Now is the time for him to hear from us, loud and clear.* *Please write him an old fashion letter (more effective than an email) -- tell him to defend our right to keep and bear arms by signing HB 436!* Missouri First Home <http://www.mofirst.org/> June 29, 2013 Tom, Two Hundred Thirty Seven years ago our forefathers, with great courage, told the king of the most powerful nation on Earth that they were severing their relationship and assuming the *"separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them".* They were no longer *subjects* to a despot, but were *free citizens* in whom *"all political power is vested"*, as the Missouri Constitution<http://www.moga.mo.gov/const/A01001.HTM>also declares. The world would soon find out that they were *committed* to the prospect that all legitimate government derives its *"just powers from the consent of the governed".* With the signing of the Declaration of Independence, they became *thirteen sovereign states*, designed to better *defend and preserve the unalienable rights* bestowed upon them and their posterity by *God Himself.* Twelve years and a lot of sacrifice and bloodshed into their independence, those thirteen sovereign states *entered into a second compact with one another* when they each ratified what is our current Constitution. (See sidebar.) That compact made the federal government an *agent* of the states, and the states granted that agent *few and defined* powers, authority and jurisdiction. Having recently experienced a powerful and corrupt central government, guilty of despotic warrantless searches and curtailing free speech and press and even jury trials, the People of the several states weren't about to cede too much power. *And the People certainly weren't going to give their new creation the power to disarm them!* Like the Second Amendment, most of the Bill of Rights<http://constitution.org/billofr_.htm>are *designed to keep the Federal Government from becoming as despotic* as the king whose grasp they had just thrown off. As an *exclamation point to the Bill of Rights*, the *Tenth Amendment* made it clear that *"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."* That includes the power to defend the People's God-given right to keep and bear arms! *MISSOURI TAKES A STAND *(Well, the General Assembly has.) With the passage of the *Missouri Second Amendment Preservation Act* (HB 436), our state General Assembly is reasserting the principles that made us the most free people on the planet. We are reclaiming the powers that have been usurped by a federal government that seems to have lost the Founder's vision. *And, we are preempting what is a clear plan by some to disarm the American People.* I wish I could say that Missouri is leading in this effort. Although we probably have the strongest and most principled defense of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, *Kansas<http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/04/17/Kansas-Gov-Signs-Bill-Nullifying-Gun-Control>, and now Alaska<http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2013/06/bill-to-nullify-federal-gun-control-signed-into-law-in-alaska/#.Uc7r46z4ISk>both beat us to the punch. Not only have their legislatures passed acts to preserve the Second Amendment, but their governors have already signed them into law!* *On the other hand, Missouri is waiting on Governor Jay Nixon to sign HB 436.* *ACTION ITEM - Write Governor Nixon Today!* The Missouri Constitution gives the governor 45 days<http://www.moga.mo.gov/const/A03031.HTM>after the official adjourning of the General Assembly -- he must either sign it, veto it, or do nothing and let it become law automatically. Governor Nixon has until July 14 to make a decision. Of course, he can veto it at ANY time. Good News: This report<http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/15519-mo-gov-may-allow-gun-control-nullification-to-pass-without-his-signature>in the New American magazine cites a source in the governor's office as saying Nixon will not veto HB 436. In the world of politics, that provides little comfort, though. *We need to help Governor Nixon decide to side with our right to keep and bear arms!* In celebration of Independence Day this coming week, please do this one thing: 1. Write a good old fashioned paper letter to the governor, politely demanding that he stand for our right to keep and bear arms. He has always claimed to be a supporter of the 2nd Amendment, here's his chance to prove it. Please write this letter asap - if Governor Nixon is tempted to veto HB 436, he will probably do it the week after July 4th! None of these letters need be long -- just a few sentences will make a huge impact -- much more than an email or even a phone call to the governor. We've come a long way and need one final push to reach our goal! For Liberty, - Ron Governor Nixon's Address: *Governor Jay Nixon * *216 State Capitol P.O. Box 720. Jefferson City, MO 65102* Write Governor Nixon Today: *Governor Jay Nixon * 216 State Capitol P.O. Box 720. Jefferson City, MO 65102 The Ratification Clause of the U.S. Constitution "The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution *between* the States so ratifying the Same." 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). James Madison on Federal vs. State Power- "The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government, are *few and defined*. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. .... The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which, in the *ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties* of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State." 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