{"id":568482,"date":"2021-06-19T11:21:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T15:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=568482"},"modified":"2021-06-19T11:21:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-19T15:21:40","slug":"missouri-promises-to-fight-tooth-and-nail-to-defend-gun-rights-after-biden-admin-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missouri-promises-to-fight-tooth-and-nail-to-defend-gun-rights-after-biden-admin-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri Promises To \u2018Fight Tooth And Nail\u2019 To Defend Gun Rights After Biden Admin Threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmissouri-promises-to-fight-tooth-and-nail-to-defend-gun-rights-after-biden-admin-threats%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=568482&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Joe-Biden-8.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Missouri Governor Mike Parson (R) and Attorney General Eric Schmitt promised to \u201cfight tooth and nail\u201d for Missourians\u2019 Second Amendment rights in a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Missouri officials fired back at President Joe Biden\u2019s DOJ after the federal government warned the state against penalizing state law enforcement officers who enforce certain federal gun laws. Parson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/missouri-blocks-enforcement-of-federal-gun-control-laws-that-violate-second-amendment-rights-as-biden-pursues-gun-agenda\">signed<\/a> a law June 14 holding law enforcement agencies liable for up to $50,000 per officer that violates Missourians Second Amendment rights in order to enforce federal gun laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Second Amendment Preservation Act is about protecting law-abiding Missourians against government overreach and unconstitutional federal mandates,\u201d Parson <a href=\"https:\/\/ago.mo.gov\/home\/news\/2021\/06\/17\/attorney-general-schmitt-governor-parson-send-letter-to-biden-doj-fighting-federal-encroachment-on-missourians-second-amendment-rights\">said<\/a> in a statement. \u201cWe will reject any attempt by the federal government to circumvent the fundamental right Missourians have to keep and bear arms to protect themselves and their property. Throughout my career, I have always stood for the Constitution and our Second Amendment rights, and that will not change today or any day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian Boynton sent a letter to Parson and Schmitt Wednesday night warning about enforcing the state law and superseding federal gun control laws. Boynton noted that the Missouri law may cost the state from receiving continued federal aid and assistance, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-michael-brown-gun-politics-laws-government-and-politics-6b8d2b283a6ac997262104899a3b0715\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe public safety of the people of the United States and citizens of Missouri is paramount,\u201d Boynton wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In their response to Boynton, Parson and Schmitt slammed the DOJ for \u201cpurposefully\u201d leaking its letter to reporters and doubling down on its commitment to defend Missourians Second Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour letter purporting to ask for clarification of this important legislation, which was purposefully leaked to the news media, is riddled with a misunderstanding of the law and falsehoods. We will not stand by while the federal government tries to tell Missourians how to live our lives,\u201d Parson and Schmitt wrote. \u201cMissouri is not attempting to nullify federal law. 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\u2019 right to keep and bear arms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Missouri officials later accused the Biden administration of hypocrisy for threatening to pull federal aid and assistance from the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn his first day in office, President Biden rescinded President Trump\u2019s executive order that prohibited federal grant awards to sanctuary jurisdictions that refused to cooperate with the federal government to enforcement immigration laws. In April, the Office of Justice Programs reportedly repealed the Department of Justice\u2019s policy that required recipients of a law enforcement grant to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as a condition of their funding,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden and the Department of Justice have decided to reward states and cities that refuse to cooperate with enforcing constitutional immigration laws that protect our citizens against foreign threats, but now they attack Missouri for refusing to cooperate with enforcing unconstitutional gun confiscation laws that put our citizens in danger and degrade their rights,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will fight tooth and nail to defend the right to keep and bear arms protected by the Second Amendment, Article I, \u00a7 23 of the Missouri Constitution, and the Second Amendment Preservation Act.\u00a0 And we will not tolerate any attempt by the federal government to deprive Missourians of this critical civil right,\u201d Parson and Schmitt concluded.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Missouri Governor Mike Parson (R) and Attorney General Eric Schmitt promised to \u201cfight tooth and nail\u201d for Missourians\u2019 Second Amendment rights in a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280758,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Joe-Biden-8.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Missouri Promises To \u2018Fight Tooth And Nail\u2019 To Defend Gun Rights After Biden Admin Threats","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-568482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Joe-Biden-8.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Missouri Promises To \u2018Fight Tooth And Nail\u2019 To Defend Gun Rights After Biden Admin Threats","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}