St. Louis federal appeals court rules Missouri's Second Amendment Preservation Act unconstitutional.
A federal appeals court in St. Louis has unanimously ruled that Missouri's Second Amendment Preservation Act, passed in 2021, is unconstitutional. The law declared some federal gun regulations "invalid" and penalized police for enforcing certain federal gun laws. The court found that the Missouri law violates the U.S. Constitution's supremacy clause, which states that federal laws take precedence over state laws. The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit challenging the Act, arguing it has undermined federal drug and weapons investigations.
August 26, 2024
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