Missouri Law Enforcement No Longer Required To Enforce Federal Gun Laws

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A bill signed Saturday by Missouri's governor declares all federal gun laws invalid in the state, including taxing, tracking or registering them.

Missouri ranks among the 10 worst states for gun deaths, according to the Giffords Law Center. @kcur
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Missouri Law Enforcement No Longer Required To Enforce Federal Gun Laws
Gov. Mike Parson signed legislation Saturday that invalidates federal gun laws in Missouri.
kcur.org
3:42 AM · Jun 15, 2021

https://www.kcur.org/news/2021-06-12/missouri-law-enforcement-no-longer-required-to-enforce-federal-gun-laws

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The bill would bar local police from assisting federal agents in enforcing federal laws. And it allows for a $50,000 lawsuit against anyone who knowingly acts under any federal or state law to deprive a Missouri citizen of their Second Amendment rights.

Response to the signing was swift Saturday.

The Missouri chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action immediately released a statement condemning the bill.

“We are frustrated and disappointed that Governor Parson signed a dangerous bill into law today that ties the hands of law enforcement officers while Missouri is facing one of the worst gun violence epidemics in the country,” said retired Sheriff Rick Walter, a volunteer with the Missouri chapter of Moms Demand Action.

Missouri House Minority Leader Crystal Quade, a Democrat from Springfield, called the bill a “radical, dangerous and obviously unconstitutional attempt to declare that Missouri will refuse to follow federal gun laws.”

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[PortTack]

1. Guess I will add MO to the list of states I won't be visiting

[Cracklin Charlie]

2. Militia writing law in my state now.

They can build huge arsenals of weapons, and local law enforcement can’t alert the feds.

This nasty legislation is headed to court.

[dalton99a]

3. All federal funding should be voided for Missouri

since federal laws are not operative there

[Xoan]

4. +100

[berniesandersmittens]

11. +1

[maxrandb]

14. Seriously, this is what needs to happen EVERYWHERE!

Wouldn't even need to cut off federal spending to the state.

Just move every government employee and military base out of the state.

Same with states like Alabama, Texas, South Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, etc.

If the "big, bad, federal 'gubmint'" is so dangerous to their "freedumb", then surely they don't want an Army, Navy, Air Force or Marine base on their soil, threatening their "Const-ushion" rights.

Start closing bases and the dipshit faux news, Donnie Shit for Brains asskissers will be howling like a scalded dog.

How many fucking times does Missouri come begging, hat-in-hand, for help when an F4 Tornado fucks up their shit?

Just once, I'd like for Democrats to treat these fucked up states the same way Retrumplicans treat CA and NY.

The time for softball is over!

If Federal Laws don't apply, then they surely don't need the influx of economic activity that comes with 40,000 Sailors at a Naval Air Station.

[dalton99a]

15. Missouri is #6 at the federal trough:

(from the last available U.S. Census report)



Top 20:
1 Mississippi
2 Louisiana
3 Tennessee
4 Montana
5 Kentucky
6 Missouri
7 South Dakota
8 Georgia
9 Maine
10 Oregon
11 Arizona
12 Wyoming
13 Ohio
14 Alabama
15 West Virginia
16 Rhode Island
17 New Mexico
18 Oklahoma
19 Idaho
20 Vermont

[sarisataka]

5. I thought local LEOs

Were not required to enforce any Federal law, that is the responsibility of Federal law enforcement agencies.

So how is this different?

[mountain grammy]

7. It's different. Please read the article.

[sarisataka]

12. It appears that it is also attempting

To prevent Federal LE from enforcing the laws with the threat of fines. That is different.

The idea that localities can 'nullify' Federal law is ludicrous (even if nullification of certain laws gets cheered). To try and prevent the FBI, ATF and so on from their duties is simply illegal.

I expect this law will be nullified by a Federal Court very soon.

[LonePirate]

6. More so-called constitutionalists blatantly ignoring one of the major tenets of the Constitution.

From Article VI of the actual US Constitution:

This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.

[former9thward]

10. Yes, judges are bound but not local law enforcement.

In Printz v. U.S. (1997) the Supreme count ruled local law enforcement do not have to enforce federal gun laws.

[Aristus]

8. That's okay.

Having been stationed once at Fort Leonard Wood, I feel no compelling reason to ever visit the state of Misery again.

[RegularJam]

9. Stop all federal payments to the state.

For everything.

[keithbvadu2]

13. Then the governor would surely support local towns declaring state laws invalid.

[kelly1mm]

16. How is this different than States/Cities refusing to enforce Federal Immigration Law? The

state is not nullifying the federal gun laws it is simply not enforcing them. Federal law enforcement, just like with the immigration laws, can still enforce federal gun laws in MO. I am not seeing the problem here, at least if one believes States/Cities should not/cannot be forced to all federal laws.