Supreme Court says Missouri can't bar local police from helping to enforce federal gun laws | News Channel 3-12

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : "State governments cutting off state resources for federal enforcement is not an injury; it is a feature of a State's settled Tenth Amendment authority," Bailey told the justices.
46% : The statute does, however, allow state agencies to assist with enforcement of federal laws that have state analogues, such as those involving felony crimes.
46% : Justice Clarence Thomas said he would have allowed the law to go into effect.
43% : The 24-page decision issued in March by US District Judge Brian Wimes ruled that the law is "invalidated as unconstitutional in its entirety.""State and local law enforcement officials in Missouri may lawfully participate in joint federal task forces, assist in the investigation and enforcement of federal firearm crimes, and fully share information with the Federal Government without fear of (SAPA's) penalties," Wimes wrote.
36% : "As this court has long recognized," she wrote, "the Supremacy Clause precludes a State from nullifying federal law or interposing obstacles to the enforcement of federal law.
35% : The Supreme Court declined to revive a controversial Missouri law on Friday that prohibits local law enforcement from helping federal officials enforce federal gun regulations.
35% : "US law enforcement officials previously told CNN that federal agents have encountered a number of issues in the state since the law went into effect because local authorities were worried about potentially violating it.
24% : A federal judge in the state blocked the law in March, siding with the Biden administration.

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