Nothing gets the patriotic blood pumping through my veins faster than seeing the states rise up against bloated government overreach.

A state representative from Kentucky just introduced a bill that would take Obama’s gun control orders and make them “null and void” in the state.

So awesome.

From Breitbart:

Kentucky state representative Kenny Imes (R-Murray) has introduced legislation that declares President Obama’s executive gun controls “null and void” within the state.

According to HB 236:

Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States specifies the powers of the Congress of the United States. Those powers do not include impairing the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States or any other amendment to the Constitution of the United States that guarantees rights to the people or to a state;

Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution of the United States specifies the powers of the President of the United States. That section does not authorize the President of the United States to violate the Constitution of the United States or the amendments to the Constitution of the United States.

HB 236 then points to the 10th Amendment to show that all “the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.”

Imes went on to state that Obama is attempting to use powers that do not, constitutionally speaking, belong to him or the office he holds.

This is absolutely spot on, as the executive branch isn’t supposed to be creating laws, but enforcing the ones made by Congress.

Instead, Obama likes to go around Congress — removing the voice of the people from the law making process — and force his will on us all via executive order.

This violates the separation of powers found in our Constitution. It’s really that simple.

Let’s hope this bill passes and other states around the country follow suit.