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State Representative Jim Buchy
Nullifying
President Obama’s Executive Overreach on Guns
President Obama is forcing new gun control policies on Americans.
In doing so he’s trampling on the Constitution. It is time for
states to stand up against these regulations that have gone too far.
In January, President Obama went around Congress to expand U.S. gun
control laws using an executive action that many are calling
illegal. The President has made it clear that he thinks taking
guns out of the hands of law-abiding citizens will make the country
safer, but he does nothing to stop illegal, black market sales of
firearms.
Only 3 percent of violent crimes are committed by criminals who bought
their guns at a legal gun store, but as many as 40 percent of criminals
bought their guns on the black market. This order does nothing to
keep guns out of the hands of violent criminals buying their guns on
the black market. President Obama has disregarded the
constitutional rights of Ohioans.
By intruding into our individual health records, President Obama may
create a national “no gun list,” which is just another step by
Washington to destroy the Second Amendment. Law-abiding gun
owners already verify their mental ability to have a firearm. We
don’t need more bureaucracy to vet the mental ability of law-abiding
Ohioans.
The lack of governing in Washington calls for more power at the state
level. Ohio must protect the rights of our citizens by nullifying
these federal gun laws within the state. Founding fathers James
Madison and Thomas Jefferson both argued that states are sovereign and
have the right to nullify federal gun law within the state, and so the
very people who designed our Constitution support this action.
Nullifying President Obama’s actions would send a clear signal that
Ohio will protect the rights of Ohioans as guaranteed by the
Constitution. By standing up to Obama’s decrees, Ohio will show
Washington that Buckeyes are fed up with executive overreach that
threatens the integrity of the Constitution.
Please give me your opinion on this topic and others in the news this
month by completing an online survey at tinyurl.com/buchyfebruary2016
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