The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 6 decided not to take up Missouri’s bid to reinstate a stalled state law that prevents police from enforcing certain federal firearms laws.
The law, signed by then-Gov. Mike Parson (R) in 2021, is known as the Second Amendment Preservation Act.
The statute declares that some federal gun restrictions run afoul of the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment, which protects the right to “keep and bear arms.” Specifically, the state statute said that some federal regulations about the sale, possession, confiscation, transfer, or taxation of firearms constituted infringements of the Second Amendment.
The law provided for fines of up to $50,000 on state and local officials for enforcing federal gun laws that the state legislature deemed inconsistent with the Second Amendment….