Mo. gov. vetoes bill to nullify federal gun laws Multiple states have pursued similar bills in rec
By CNN's Bryan Koenig
Gregg Canes/CNN
Missouri's Democratic governor vetoed legislation Friday that sought to make federal gun laws unenforceable in the state.
In a carefully worded statement that prominently addressed his pro-gun bona fides in a state Mitt Romney carried 54% to President Obama's 44% in 2012, Gov. Jay Nixon argued that the legislation violated a provision in the U.S. Constitution called the Supremacy Clause. The Supremacy Clause gives preference to federal laws over state laws.
Called House Bill 436, the legislation cleared the Republican-controlled state Senate and House with huge majorities, 26-6 in the Senate and 116-38 in the House. It sought to make any federal legislation past, present and future "that infringe on the people's right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment" null and void in the state of Missouri.
Multiple states like Ohio, Minnesota and Texas have pursued similar bills in recent months in reaction to attempts at federal gun control legislation in the wake of the December shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. That legislative push fell short of the 60 votes it needed to move forward in the U.S. Senate, although supporters have vowed to take it back up
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Glad he veto'd this part of the package, it's foolish to pass unenforceable laws.
While it's perfectly legal for states to refuse to help Federal officials enforce Fed. laws, it's illegal to interfere with the enforcement of those laws by the Feds.
During my career, I always went to great lengths to foster good relations and rapport with the local LE and it's citizens, very few times did I ever have trouble with the citizens or local LE.
Hopefully, they won't override his veto, despite the threat to.
