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If the people of Alaska, through their duly elected representatives, tell the federal government to go fly a kite, what recourse does the federal government have? They can withhold funds from the state, but Alaska probably can do fine without federal funds. All they'd have to do is open up ANWAR and the federal dollars would pale in comparison. Texas could probably do the same with its gas reserves. Are the feds going to send troops in to take over the states? I suspect they'd meet with a lot of resistance from Texans, much less the government of Texas.

Here's the description of the bill.

"An Act prohibiting state and municipal agencies from using assets to implement or aid
02 in the implementation of the requirements of certain federal statutes, regulations, rules,
03 and orders that are applied to infringe on a person's right to bear arms or right to due
04 process or that implement or aid in the implementation of the federal REAL ID Act of
05 2005; exempting certain firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition in this state
06 from federal regulation; declaring certain federal statutes, regulations, rules, and orders
07 unconstitutional under the Constitution of the United States and unenforceable in this
08 state; requiring the attorney general to file any legal action to prevent implementation of
09 a federal statute, regulation, rule, or order that violates the rights of a resident of the
10 state; and providing for an effective date."

You will notice that the attorney general is required to file legal action to prevent implementation of federal statutes, regulations, rules or orders that violate the rights of Alaska residents.

I think these bills will make the federal government's job much, much harder. If the states are no longer going to act as their agents in enforcing unconstitutional laws, regulations, orders and rules, the feds are going to be ensnared in a snake pit of legal actions that will hinder them for years and cost them millions. Sooner or later they will be forced to either give up or show their true colors and send the military in to take over the state. If that happens, it's game on.

It's kind of the same thing as worker's going on strike and actively blocking the entrance to the plant. You might be able to stay in business, but it ain't gonna be business as usual and it's gonna cost you big time. And the harder the feds push the more people they will turn against them.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Alaska tell the feds to take a hike with the NICS system. We're simply not going to use it any more. Try and make us.