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Elizabeth Nolan Brown

The Biden Administration Sues Over Missouri's Pro–Second Amendment Law

The Justice Department is challenging a Missouri law that lets people sue law enforcement for gun rights violations. Under Missouri's "Second Amendment Preservation Act," Missouri law enforcement is barred from enforcing certain federal gun control measures—and people can sue police who do.

The law (H.B. 85), passed in 2021, has now earned the ire of the Biden administration. "A state cannot simply declare federal laws invalid," said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Boynton.

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