Justice Dept.: Missouri governor can't void federal gun laws

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Justice Dept.: Missouri governor can’t void federal gun laws

By MICHAEL BALSAMO
June 16, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is warning Missouri officials that the state can’t ignore federal law, after the governor signed a bill last week that bans police from enforcing federal gun rules.

In a letter sent Wednesday night and obtained by The Associated Press, Justice officials said the U.S. Constitution’s Supremacy Clause outweighs the measure that Gov. Mike Parson signed into law Saturday. The new rules penalize local police departments if their officers enforce federal gun laws.

Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian Boynton said the law threatens to disrupt the working relationship between federal and local authorities, they said in the letter, noting that Missouri receives federal grants and technical assistance.

“The public safety of the people of the United States and citizens of Missouri is paramount,” Boynton wrote in the letter.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-michael-brown-gun-politics-laws-government-and-politics-6b8d2b283a6ac997262104899a3b0715

[Girard442]

1. "What happened to this month's grant check."

"Gee, we have no idea. We'll look into it."

[keithbvadu2]

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

[YMB]

3. No, they cant void federal laws

but as far as i know they also dont have to help assist in those laws (using their manpower, facilities, money ect.) either.

[yagotme]

7. Correct.

Think, "Sanctuary cities".

[MichMan]

4. They have no problem letting states ignore federal pot laws

[sinkingfeeling]

5. One would think a governor might have already known that.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

6. He probably knows that he can't ignore Fed firearm laws,

he's posturing for his supporters and thinking he's giving the Feds a big F/U.

The only thing state and local LE can legally do is tell the Feds to fuck off if they request manpower or the use of their jails to hold suspects.