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<blockquote data-quote="JM44-40" data-source="post: 2107800" data-attributes="member: 14273">Good Afternoon:Found this article and thought it raises some very interesting issues--interesting read. Of course, the obvious answer to this question from people like Feinstein and Schumer would be the &quot;Commerce Clause&quot; but, the second page of this article addresses that fairly well.This is a quote from the second page of the article -- &quot;How the commerce power has been transformed is a long story&quot; -- well, if you&#039;re interested in the &quot;long story&quot; start with reading &quot;Wickard vs Filburn.&quot; That&#039;s where it all started.Most of you probably already know that the &quot;Commerce Clause&quot; was very seldom used until the landmark case of &quot;Wickard vs Filburn&quot; which was only decided after Franklin Roosevelt had time to pack the Supreme Court. I believe the year was 1942. It must be remembered this is the clause used by the government to get involved in almost every aspect of our lives.The founders had no such intention.<a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2013/0213/Debate-on-gun-control-should-ask-whether-Congress-has-power-to-regulate" target="_blank">http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2013/0213/Debate-on-gun-control-should-ask-whether-Congress-has-power-to-regulate</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="JM44-40, post: 2107800, member: 14273"] Good Afternoon: Found this article and thought it raises some very interesting issues--interesting read. Of course, the obvious answer to this question from people like Feinstein and Schumer would be the "Commerce Clause" but, the second page of this article addresses that fairly well. This is a quote from the second page of the article -- "How the commerce power has been transformed is a long story" -- well, if you're interested in the "long story" start with reading "Wickard vs Filburn." That's where it all started. Most of you probably already know that the "Commerce Clause" was very seldom used until the landmark case of "Wickard vs Filburn" which was only decided after Franklin Roosevelt had time to pack the Supreme Court. I believe the year was 1942. It must be remembered this is the clause used by the government to get involved in almost every aspect of our lives. The founders had no such intention. [url]http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2013/0213/Debate-on-gun-control-should-ask-whether-Congress-has-power-to-regulate[/url] [/QUOTE]

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