Scott Farkus wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2019 9:30 am
jason812 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2019 8:58 am
Does this mean machine guns, suppressors and SBR's are allowed with no tax? Will the Missouri government fight the federal government when a Missourian is caught with a NFA item and no stamp on basis of this law?
It means it's not a state violation to have those things. If the feds catch you with them and prosecute you, they (the Feds) will have to do it without Missouri's help. I doubt Missouri will defend you, but I don't know if the bill addresses that or not.
There is also a legitimate constitutional question as to whether NFA items manufactured totally within a state and sold only to that state's residents can be federally regulated, since it's not interstate commerce. This bill could set up a court challenge for that.
This is following the lead of the states that legalized marijuana, and to a lessor extent sanctuary cities. Liberals can't honestly support those and oppose this. Well they can because liberals are dishonest, but logically they can't.
Per Wickard v. Filburn and SCOTUS it is interstate commerce because it has an affect on interstate commerce. This is one of the worst and most impactful SCOTUS decisions ever made.