Sponsor of don't enforce federal gun laws bill gives $100,000 to his own campaign

Rep. Casey Guernsey, R-Bethany, gave his re-election campaign a big boost today, dropping in $100,000, according to a 48-hour filing with the Missouri Ethics Commission.

Guernsey is primarily known for fighting federal gun laws and representing the interests in Smithfield Foods.

As the Turner Report noted earlier this year, Guernsey was the sponsor of HB 170, which would have prevented the enforcement of federal gun laws. It included this passage:

HB 170 calls for the following:

It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of this state, or any political subdivision, or any federal firearms dealer licensed under 19 U.S.C. Section 923 to enforce or attempt to enforce any act, law, statute, rule, or regulation of the federal government relating to a personal firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition that is owned or manufactured commercially or privately in the state of Missouri and that remains exclusively within the boundaries of the state of Missouri.    

        2. Any official, agent, or employee of the federal government who enforces or attempts to enforce any act, order, law, statute, rule, or regulation of the federal government upon a personal firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition that is owned or manufactured commercially or privately in the state of Missouri and that remains exclusively within the borders of the state of Missouri shall be guilty of a class D felony.

Guernsey's bill was not passed, but the same language was put another bill which was vetoed by Gov. Jay Nixon and will likely be the subject of an override attempt next month.