State legislatures moved to nullify federal gun regulation through interstate commerce challenges

Evidence

A Montana sports shooting association filed a lawsuit challenging federal interstate commerce authority to regulate guns. In a rush to expand gun rights, Virginia approved bills that permit individuals to carry concealed weapons in bars and repealed the ban restricting gun purchases to one gun per month (Urbina, 2010). — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1203

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the modern nullification movement and general arguments about states’ rights vs. federal power over commerce. — connects to: State legislators proposed nullifying federal church-state separation via state law — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 83