Sign-up to receive our free newsletter. By Mr. Curmudgeon: “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.” ~ 10th Amendment to the United
States Constitution. Many Americans mistakenly define the above
as “states rights.” States have no rights … people do. As the
Declaration of Independence states, “…Governments are instituted
among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the
governed.” The purpose of that power is first and foremost to
“secure” the individual “rights” of every free man and woman.
The state legislature of Wyoming is considering a bill (HB0104)
that prohibits state authorities from enforcing “any act, law,
statute, rule or regulation of the United States government
relating to a personal firearm, firearm accessory or ammunition
that is owned or manufactured commercially or privately in
Wyoming and that remains exclusively within the borders of
Wyoming.” The Firearm Pr