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Alaska Steps Up

House Approves Alaska Firearms Freedom Act

Kelly’s HB 186 Strips Federal Gun Regulations for Alaskan-Made Products




Ok, I’m a couple weeks behind on this one. But it’s good to know that Alaska has joined the same movement that Texas and Montana started. Whether these laws will work or not remains to be seen, but I love it that some states are pushing back against the federal government and their utterly out of control interpretation of the Interstate Commerce clause. Reign them in. Decrease the size and power of the federal government back to 1911 levels.

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(Juneau) - The Alaska State House today passed House Bill (HB) 186, or the Alaska Firearms Freedom Act. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Fairbanks, sponsored the bill, which exempts firearms, firearm accessories and ammunition manufactured and retained in Alaska from restrictive federal firearm control laws.
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Ak St Legislature MajorityHouse Bill 186 frees the State of Alaska from restrictive federal firearm regulation and allows us to take responsible regulation into our own hands.

HB 186 passed the House floor by a vote of 32 to 7.

“House Bill 186 frees the State of Alaska from restrictive federal firearm regulation and allows us to take responsible regulation into our own hands,” Kelly said. “Collectively, the Interstate Commerce Clause and U.S. Code 18 USC 922 are used by the federal government to regulate firearms. The Alaska Firearms Freedom Act exempts that intrusion and makes Alaskans responsible for firearms that stay in Alaska and have ‘Made in Alaska’ stamped on the firearms.”

If the federal government charges an Alaskan gun manufacturer under federal law, HB 186 permits Alaska’s Attorney General to defend.

“Outdoorsmen, hunters and all Alaskans defending and feeding their families and protecting their property benefit from the passage of this bill,” Kelly said.

HB 186 now moves to the Alaska State Senate for consideration.

The United States Constitution gives Congress the authority to regulate Interstate Commerce between the states and 18 USC 922 makes it unlawful for any person not licensed as a manufacturer or dealer in firearms to engage in the business of manufacturing or dealing in firearms. Collectively, the Interstate Commerce Clause and 18 USC 922 are used by the federal goverenment as a means to regulate firearms.

The Alaska Firearms Freedom Act addresses this by exempting firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition manufactured and retained in the state from all federal firearm control laws including registration, as firearms that meet these criteria shouldn’t be regulated by the federal government because they have not traveled in interstate commerce. Firearms exempt from this Act must have the words “Made in Alaska” clearly stamped on a central metallic part such as the receiver or frame. CSHB 186(FIN) also requires the Attorney General of Alaska to defend a citizen of this State who is prosecuted by the federal government under their authority to regulate interstate commerce for violating federal law regarding the manufacture, sale, transfer, or possession of a firearm, firearm accessorty, or ammunition manufactured and retained in this state.

I wonder what happens if a citizen of Alaska takes such a gun out of state? Is this bill, and the ones like it, just a paper tiger? Because if it was me running a gun factory in Fairbanks, I’d make DAMN SURE I also had all the proper federal permits and licenses. Just in case. Besides, Alaska doesn’t have the population to make my industrialistic dreams come true. I’d have to sell my stuff in the other states too.


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