Fox News By Evie Fordham 6/18/2021
Missouri gov, attorney general fire back at Biden DOJ over 'federal overreach' on 2nd Amendment rights
DOJ says that Missouri's law 'conflicts with federal firearms laws and regulation'Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and and state Attorney General (AG) Eric Schmitt fired back on Thursday after the Justice Department (DOJ) sent a warning to the state over Parson's recent bill he said protects residents' Second Amendment rights.
"Missouri is not attempting to nullify federal law," Parson and Schmitt wrote in a letter to Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian Boynton of DOJ's Civil Division. "Instead, Missouri is defending its people from federal government overreach by prohibiting state and local law enforcement agencies from being used by the federal government to infringe Missourians’ right to keep and bear arms."
"Missourians’ and Americans’ Second Amendment rights are enshrined in the Constitution – I will defend those rights at every turn," AG Schmitt said in a statement. "Our letter to Biden’s Department of Justice sends a clear message: we will fight any attempts from the federal government to encroach on Missourians’ Second Amendment rights."
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