Thursday, January 16, 2014

If you think we don't have enough gun deaths, have I got a state for you!

Lawmakers Plot New Strategy For Defying Gun Laws (Click on the link for the original article)

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Having failed in an earlier effort to bar federal agents from enforcing gun regulations in Missouri, conservative lawmakers are trying a new tack this year: banding together with other like-minded states to defy certain federal laws at the same time.
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Supporters believe it will be more difficult for the federal government to shrug off such statutes if more states act together.
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Missouri's latest proposal, introduced this past week, would attempt to nullify certain federal gun control regulations from being enforced in the state and subject law enforcement officers to criminal and civil penalties for carrying out such policies.
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The state's Republican-led Legislature came one vote shy of overriding Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of such a measure last year. This year's bill adds a new twist, delaying the effective date for several years to allow time for other states to join the cause.

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