Oklahoma lawmaker takes aim at federal laws

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An Oklahoma version of a controversial Montana gun law is being readied for the 2010 legislative session, an Owasso lawmaker says.

Rep. David Derby, R-Owasso, also wants the law to be a foundation from which to shoot down federal authority in several other areas.

Signed into law this year, the Montana measure sets up a test of federal gun laws by exempting from federal regulation arms manufactured, sold and used only in Montana.

Montana, like Oklahoma, doesn't actually have much of a non-military arms industry, but supporters say the real objective is provoking a federal court case that will shoot holes in decades of legal decisions that have bolstered federal authority at the expense of state authority.

Derby wants to extend the Montana gun law's concept to other areas, including energy, the environment and financial services. He is also interested in an Arizona movement to exempt that state from whatever federal health care plan Congress and the Obama Administration agree on.

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