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Fed can not require local gov to incur and bear costs on the fed govs behalf.
Why stop at fed gun laws? Let’s nullify all of the things!
Not sure that level of all or nothing gives a very cogent analysis of the situation. Any time any organization is forced to carry out its job with a reduced labor force, they have to make decisions as to how important various objectives are. This shouldn't be any different, as local PD is really just contract labor in this situation.
Well, if the outcome of these laws is for the ATF to have 10x as many agents, then by definition, the laws have made a difference.
Wade is a big believer in the all consequences are intended school of thought.I'm not sure I understand your point.
Are you saying that the corrupt states are deliberately passing these -we won't help the ATF- laws, to goad the fed into expanding the ATF?
That's the states goal in these laws? And I'm naive if I don't believe that?
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Which is, of course, the case in everything because of finite resources and other, less economic, reasons. I don't think there is a question that they will have to make choices that they didn't have to make before. What these choices are, I certainly do not know, but given the level of active enforcement of things like magazine bans and AR feature bans, even at levels where it is much easier to do it, I don't really see the ATF bothering to send manpower in to Buttfuck, ID to search for pistol brace offenders.
They will decide where they feel the juice is worth the squeeze. A flow chart of DHS isn't an argument against the idea that everybody, even the feds, has to allocate resources.
Well yes, as in the case of States with legalized marijuana laws, though occasionally, feds will try to push it. One of those politically correct things to allow people to dope themselves to death. So the feds are kinda ok with it. Easy to control those that are high. I've always believed that the drug trade has been in the pockets of politicians for decades, with Uncle Sam being the biggest pusher on the block (next to china, russia). A great way for our hard working boys and girls in the swamp to fund those off shore accounts.
That is what I meant by "other, less economic, reasons." I didn't mean to imply that resources are the only reason for decision making. What I am saying is that resources will likely determine where you will see big operations. I think I used as an example, Texas, which probably has the most ATF employees outside of DC. They have a new suppressor law. i would not be surprised to see the ATF push back on that, both because it is high profile, it is Texas, which is still emblematic of RED STATE, and they have more than enough personnel and material in place. They don't require local LEO help there. I don't think you'd see the same verve in going after pistol braces in Alaska. Resource allocation matters.
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The same way that states have stopped the federales from enforcing marijuana laws
The feds raided perfectly legal businesses as defined by California several years ago. They still go after large grow operations, which is still bullshit, because that is tax money that they haven’t been able to steal yet
