Missouri Legislature Nullifies All Federal Gun Control Measures by a Veto-Proof Majority
May 10th, 2013
Via: Tenth Amendment Center:
Tonight, the Missouri State House voted to send Governor Jay Nixon what could arguably be the strongest defense against federal gun control measures in American history. The vote was 116-38.
HB436, introduced by Representative Doug Funderburk in February, was initially passed by the House in April by a vote of 115-42. Last week, the State Senate approved the bill with an amendment which did not change any of its nullification aspects. The vote there was 26-6. The bill then needed one final vote in the house which happened just before 10pm local time this evening.
The votes in both the House and Senate are by a strong veto-proof majority. Local activist Matt Radcliffe acknowledged as much when he said, “Governor Nixon can do nothing and it will automatically become law July 1st. Or he can sign it into law. Or he can veto it then his veto will be overridden in the house and it will become law anyway!”
As law, HB436 would nullify virtually every federal gun control measure on the books – or planned for the future.
It’s funny that when it comes to gun rights, my home state is more than ready to tell the federal government to fuck off, but in the case of nonsensical marijuana prohibition, we have some of the strictest laws in the country. Apparently we’re run by schizo-libertarians.