

How many Missouri Republicans sat home that day waiting for the rapture?

The Republican-controlled Missouri state legislature is expected next month to override a veto from the governor to pass the most far-reaching state law defying federal power — known as a “nullification” — as more states’ rights proponents seek independence from federal authority. The Missouri bill would nullify existing federal gun laws in the state, and make it a crime for federal authorities to enforce them. Further, any Missourian arrested under federal gun statutes would be allowed to sue the arresting officer.

Though the bill was vetoed by Democratic Governor Jay Nixon, the legislature is aiming to override his veto when they reconvene September 11. In explanation of his veto, Nixon said federal supremacy over states is “is as logically sound as it is legally well established.” He also said the bill’s provision making it a crime to publish the name of any gun owner would violate the First Amendment rights of newspapers, which have a longstanding custom of publishing “photos of proud young Missourians who harvest their first turkey or deer…”

All but one of 109 House Republicans voted for the bill, joined by 11 Democrats. All 24 Senate Republicans supported it, joined by 2 Democrats.

Even with federal acquiescence – like the recent DOJ letter to states with legal marijuana, medical or otherwise – nullification can only be conditional even if the Feds agree. Because we have a federal constitution.

The states’ rights advocates, the dummies in the neo-Confederate movement, care only about how much money they raise from religious fanatics, illiterate gun nuts, and paid lobbyists for the gun manufacturers – like the NRA. They certainly don’t care how much taxpayer money they require the state to waste on defending such foolishness.

The idjot vote is still alive and well in sub-America.