Representative Steve Drazkowski (R-21B), along with 17 other co-authors introduced legislation in the Minnesota House today that would make it illegal for a federal agent to enforce new gun restricting laws passed by the U.S. Congress and President. The bill, known as the Firearms Protection Act, or H.F. 419, is similar to bills introduced in states like Wyoming and Texas.
“Minnesotans have a right to the self-protection that firearms provide, along with a right to use a firearm for hunting and recreational shooting” said Drazkowski.
According to the bill “any new federal law designed to ban or limit any personal firearm, magazine, accessory, or ammunition or to require the registration of any firearm or firearm owner shall be unenforceable”.
“Our citizens have a Constitutionally protected right to bear arms in the 2nd Amendment, and legislators have a duty as described in the 10th Amendment to ensure that our citizens’ liberties are not taken from them by the federal government” added Drazkowski. “I’ve received thousands of e-mails and phone calls from constituents asking me to protect their rights. This bill will do just that.”
The Firearms Protection Bill was introduced at the same time that the DFL controlled House Committee on Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy held a hearing on bills that limit Minnesotans’ rights to self-defense.
Here’s the language of the bill:
The Firearm Protection Act
A bill for an act relating to public safety; firearms; providing that any new federal law designed to ban or limit any personal firearm, magazine, accessory, or ammunition or to require the registration of any firearm or firearm owner shall be unenforceable; providing for criminal penalties; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 624.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. [624.7192] FIREARM PROTECTION ACT.
Subdivision 1. Definition.For purposes of this section, the term “new federal firearms law” means any act, law, statute, rule, regulation, or order by or under any authority of the United States Government that:
(1) is substantially and directly or indirectly related to any personal firearm, firearm magazine, other firearm accessory, or firearm ammunition that:
(i) was owned or possessed by a resident of Minnesota on the effective date of the federal act, law, statute, rule, regulation, or order, or its pertinent provision if different, and has thereafter remained exclusively within the borders of Minnesota; or
(ii) has been, is being, or will be manufactured commercially or privately in Minnesota and thereafter remains exclusively within the borders of Minnesota; or
(2) in any manner directly or indirectly requires the registration, licensing, listing, or enrollment of any firearm described by clause (1), or the identity of any person who owns or possesses any firearm described by clause (1).
Subd. 2. State’s rights; prohibition; penalty. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, no person, including but not limited to any federal, state, or local governmental official, employee, or agent, shall enforce or attempt to enforce within this state any new federal firearms law, as defined in subdivision 1.
(b) Any person, including but not limited to any federal, state, or local governmental official, employee, or agent, who knowingly violates paragraph (a) is guilty of a felony, and may be punished by up to five years imprisonment and a $5,000 fine.
Subd. 3. Enforceability; new federal firearms law. Notwithstanding any other law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, no new federal firearms law shall be enforceable within the borders of the state of Minnesota if it is designed or attempts in any manner:
(1) to ban or restrict any personal firearm, firearm magazine, other firearm accessory, or firearm ammunition; or
(2) to require any personal firearm, firearm magazine, other firearm accessory, or firearm ammunition, or the owner of any personal firearm, firearm magazine, other firearm accessory, or firearm ammunition, to register or be licensed, listed, or enrolled in any direct or indirect manner by or with any federal, state, or local governmental department, agency, bureau, or official.
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section, except for subdivision 2, paragraph (b), is effective the day following final enactment. Subdivision 2, paragraph (b), is effective August 1, 2013, and applies to crimes committed on or after that date.
9:01 pm
THANK YOU STEVE.
KEEP UP THE FIGHT.
GREG
9:23 am
Thank you for your efforts to protect our 2nd. amendment rights. Please continue to fight to preserve our rights from those WITHIN the state that are attempting to violate them as well.
9:25 pm
As a Chief of Police, Permit to Carry Instructor, Hunter, and 3-gun competitor, I thank you for this.
I was starting to get the impression that no one voted into office remembered that they do indeed work for us, and not President Obama.
8:46 am
Thank you for taking your stand on this issue. Several other men that protect our laws agree with you and I’m proud of you all.
11:31 pm
thank you for being proactive on this.
Now if we can only fight off our own proposed state governments anti
2ND amendment laws.
11:42 pm
Thank you for listening to the people of your districts. I will do what I can come election time!!!!
6:42 pm
Thanks for fighting the good fight, I know your stance does not make you popular with your peers. Just know that the people that count “We the People” admire you and salute you for standing up for the Constitution.
God Bless you
8:28 pm
Thanks……just wanted to let you know your work was appreciated
8:28 pm
Representative Steve Drazkowski,
I wanted to thank you for this. I will also do everything i can during election time. I will let everyone i know about this. You sir are a true American Patriot.
9:37 pm
Thank you!!
10:27 pm
Thank you for showing some common sense in al this!!
10:28 pm
Thank you! Finally someone has the guts to stand up and fight for what is rightfully ours. There’s a reason the second amendment was the 2nd and not the 1st or the third. Thanks again. Keep up the good fight!
11:52 pm
Thank You Steve
11:54 pm
YES!
1:09 am
Refreshing to see a bill that actually protects the constitutional rights of law abiding MN citizens instead of the unconstitutional, confiscatory garbage in HF 241 and HF 242. Thank you.
6:51 am
Thank you for speaking what a majority of law-abiding citizens are needing. Our current leadership is ever too eager to trample our rights in an emotional rush to judgement. Again – Thank You Steve
7:42 am
Thanks Steve Drazkowski and as John Wayne would say I Am Dam prod
Of you!!!! Keep up the good work.
8:02 am
Thank you for showing that common sense is not gone in Minnesota.
I see one problem, our Governor will veto this…
Please keep up the good fight…
8:04 am
Thank you Steve and the other co-authors for standing up for the Second Amendment and the people of Minnesota.
8:27 am
Thank you, I fully support your efforts in this
8:43 am
Well done! Thank you for defending my Constitutional rights.
9:24 am
Thank You
9:37 am
Count me amongst the many who favour this action and this bill, and thank you for introducing it, Steve. Our next course of action must be to do away with “gun free zones,” since these seem to be a prerequisite starting point for anyone with a mental illness, long-held grudge or random suicidal thoughts to embark on a killing spree against innocents. In the interim, let me and the others who agree with the intent of this bill know what we can do to fully support you in this effort going forward…
10:48 am
Thanks Steve, Way to go.
11:41 am
Thank you and I wish we had more politians like you working for the people instead of some in the DFL working against us on every turn. Lets try and get poly-met going also. Americans want a job and to be left alone, not to hard to understand.
12:57 pm
THANK YOU Rep. Steve Drazkowski We need more True Americans in politics like you! What can I do to help pass this bill? Keep up the GREAT work!
1:24 pm
Thank you very much for this important Bill. We as responsible firearms owners and Minnesota citizens need this now more than ever. MOLON LABE
1:53 pm
Thanks for introducing HF419. Isn’t a lawmaker’s failure to uphold his oath to support & defend the constitution a form of purjury according to Sec 8 of Article IV?
2:05 pm
This is awesome,man it’s about time our good-hearted politicians start standing up against the NWO & our tyrannical government(not all)!
Thank You Mr.Steve Drazkowski! Pass it on to other politicians,”That US Patriots have your backs & WE WILL STAND UP FOR YOU & OTHER POLITICIANS THAT WILL STAND UP”!!!
4:26 pm
Steve,
Thanks a million. Please get Rep. Dill and Sen. Bakk to sign onto and support your bill. Barrack Obama and his anti-2nd amendment minions have nothing to do with Minnesota.
Tom
7:31 pm
As a 20+ year LEO, I want to thank you for standing up on behalf of law abiding citizens! One truism any 6 month rookie already knows, but seems to escape the gun grabbers is this. Murderers and mass murderers are already committing multiple felonies! What makes them think another law will change that?
Keep up the good fight.
7:37 pm
thanks for a good start. lets see it thru
8:25 pm
Thank you for offering this bill and defending our rights guaranteed by the constitution!
12:53 am
Stick it to the freedom stealing scum like Michael Paymar and
Other gun toting elites w/ body guards while denying
Our abilities to defend ourselves
5:30 am
I found it very disrespectful when DFL members of the committee stood up and left the committee when pro-Second Amendment citizens had their turn to testify this week.
DFL members that walked out.
Representative Debra Hilstrom
Representative Shannon Savick
Representative Dan Schoen
Representative Erik Simonson
Representative Linda Slocum
9:08 am
Well done! Thank you for protecting our rights.
10:33 am
As a father and husband of 6 children and 20 grandchildren and proud NRA member and carry permit holder, I respect god, my family, the constitution and the office of the president in that order!
I strongly believe the federal government and the President specifically are hell bent on ultimately confiscating our guns and liberties. The current threat is only the beginning; Their like a fox going after the chickens, you had better be vigilant or the fox will take everything and we will end up like the UK and half of Europe, the only ones with guns are the bad guys, even the ‘cop’ can’t carry guns!
12:50 pm
Keep up the good work, You have my support
5:56 pm
Thank you for taking the stand for all of us. I have guns handed down from my grandfather and father, which I will never give up!!
5:05 am
Thank you very much for standing up and defending our Constitutional rights !!
5:21 am
At last some common sense.
4:54 pm
Representative Steve Drazkowski,
Thank you and the co-authors for making a stand to secure the American right to protect ourselves and our families. Your bill would also allow Law Enforcement Officers to carry their personal weapons and not sacrifice magazine capacity. These men and women are highly trained, certified and authorized, by our state or local governments, to protect us. Many handguns uses by citizens and Law Enforcement use magazines of 10+ rounds. The proposed Federal Bill would render these self-defense handguns useless. You have my support. Thank you again.
11:24 pm
I will be following this Bill and will gladly help you in passing it any way that I can.
There are nearly a million people in Minnesota whose rights you are defending. That should also seriously bother those legislators who would rather take our rights away.
The new gun control legislation proposed at either the federal or state level does nothing to reduce crime. Disarming the victims does not stop criminal behavior. Just look at Chicago, New York and Washington DC to see what happens when only the democrats have guns.
8:41 am
I whole heartedly support this bill and appreciate your sponsorship.
Without amendement #2 the rest of our freedoms are not assured.
The federal legilation this bill targets is aimed at taking away our constitutional freedom.
With respect,
Joe Moos
5:42 pm
I would like to say thank you for standing up for all Law abideing Gun owners and supporters ect. We the people should not have our rights infringed upoun! Thank you, Steve Drazkowski! Your support will always be remembered.
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