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The Supreme Court let stand a ruling that Missouri’s ban on enforcing federal gun laws violates the Supremacy Clause.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review Missouri’s 2019 law banning state police from enforcing certain federal gun laws, upholding lower court rulings that the law violated the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause.
The law imposed $50,000 fines on officers enforcing federal gun regulations not mirrored by state law, including restrictions on gun possession by some domestic violence offenders.
Federal courts had blocked the law, citing conflicts with federal authority, and the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the case preserves federal enforcement power in Missouri.
The dispute had disrupted cooperation between state and federal law enforcement, including a halt in processing evidence for federal gun prosecutions.
The law was driven by concerns over potential federal gun restrictions under President Biden, who signed major gun safety legislation.
The decision affirms that federal gun laws take precedence over conflicting state policies.
La Corte Suprema dejó en pie un fallo de que la prohibición de Missouri de hacer cumplir las leyes federales sobre armas viola la Cláusula de Supremacía.