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National Concealed-Carry Amendment Fails
Posted By Sheldon Richman
“An amendment that would have allowed gun owners to carry their weapons across state lines fell just short of passage Wednesday in a vote that revealed deep divisions among the Senate’s Democrats.” (Washington Post [1], Thursday)
Aren’t advocates of federalism contradicting themselves?
FEE Timely Classic
“States’ Rights Revisited” [2] by Gene Healy
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[1] Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/22/AR2009072202893.html?hpid=moreheadlines
[2] “States’ Rights Revisited”: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/states-rights-revisited/
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