Three Cheers!!!

It isn't every day that there is any news out of Kansas.  As long as the corn and wheat keep coming I doubt that many in America give any thought to Kansas at all.  The Kansas State Legislature has hit a home run this week.

Kansas Legislature Sends Governor Strongest Pro-gun Bill in Country

Indeed. Not only does the bill declare that “any act, treaty, order, rule or regulation of the government of the United States which violates the second amendment of the constitution of the United States is null, void and unenforceable in the state of Kansas,” it bases its legality on the Second, Ninth, and 10th Amendments:

The second amendment to the Constitution of the United States reserves to the people, individually, the right to keep and bear arms as that right was understood at the time that Kansas was admitted to statehood in 1861, and the guaranty of that right is a matter of contract between the state and people of Kansas and the United States as of the time that the compact with the United States was agreed upon and adopted by Kansas in 1859 and the United States in 1861.

The ninth [and tenth] amendment[s] to the constitution of the United States guarantee to the people rights not granted in the constitution and reserve to the people of Kansas certain rights as they were understood at the time that Kansas was admitted to statehood in 1861.

The guaranty of those rights is a matter of contract between the state and people of Kansas and the United States as of the time that the compact with the United States was agreed upon and adopted by Kansas in 1859 and the United States in 1861.
 

In other words: "No matter what the Obummer admin says: we are keeping our guns".  The Kansas legislature is historically, morally and legally correct in every way in passing this act.  This legislation doesn't do enough in my opinion, however its a step forward.  Hopefully other states will follow suit and this type of legislation will become more common.