The court indicates the law would be constitutional so long as it does not claim to declare a federal law "invalid."
States cannot invalidate or refuse to recognize federal law.
State legislators across the country are working to weaken the enforcement of federal gun laws by emulating immigration activists.
Conservative states seeking to protect gun rights are copying the tactics used by liberal immigration sanctuaries.
Montana's new law refusing to help enforce federal gun restrictions is similar to liberal "sanctuary cities'" refusal to assist in federal immigration enforcement. Both are protected by Constitution.
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