http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/26/federal-gun-laws_n_6754416.html
Conservative lawmakers in at least 11 states are pushing legislation
that would prevent state law enforcement from enforcing some or all
federal gun restrictions. Proponents of these bills are emboldened by
the success of marijuana legalization at the state level and claim that
federal law enforcement is stretched too thin to stop them.
Right
now, there are a number of federal laws restricting various kinds of
gun use. For example, felons, fugitives, people convicted of domestic
abuse misdemeanors and people subject to certain domestic restraining
orders are restricted from buying guns under federal law. And no
civilians are allowed to buy newly manufactured machine guns.
In
Montana, the state House passed legislation earlier this month that
would prohibit the enforcement of any potential federal ban or
restriction on firearms and magazines. If a Montana cop did enforce such
a federal law, it would be considered theft of public money. The
Montana bill says that state employees are still allowed to enforce some
federal laws -- for example, the ban on machine guns. But most states
that have introduced this type of legislation have used broader
language.
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