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The Maryland House passed a bill to create a regulatory structure for commercial marijuana cultivation and sales despite ongoing federal cannabis prohibition.

HB2394 would add language to include “any tax, levy, fee or stamp imposed on firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition not common to all other goods and services and that might reasonably be expected to create a chilling effect on the purchase or ownership of those items by law-abiding citizens” to that prohibition.

Biden seems to be picking up where Trump left off on enforcement of gun laws, and the Tenth Amendment Center isnt happy about it.

The legislation would create a cause of action in state courts to sue a police officer who subjects or causes to be subjected any individual to a deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Minnesota constitution or the U.S. Constitution.

The legislation would create a cause of action in state courts to sue a peace officer who “under the color of law, deprived the person of or caused the person to be deprived of a right, privilege, or immunity secured by the Texas Constitution."

The legislation includes so many exceptions it would do virtually nothing in practice or effect. And language in the bill would likely be a green light for state and local law enforcement to keep working with the ATF to violate the Second Amendment.

The legislation would require state and local law enforcement agencies to get a warrant before using a drone or other unmanned aircraft to gather evidence or other information pertaining to criminal conduct or conduct in violation of a statute or regulation.

A Colorado House committee held a hearing on a bill that would end civil asset forfeiture in the state and replace it with a criminal process. The enactment of this legislation would also further opt the state out of a program that allows police to circumvent more strict state forfeiture laws by passing cases off to the feds.

The North Carolina Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill that would legalize medical marijuana in the state despite ongoing federal cannabis prohibition.

The legislation would add some much-needed updates to a “Second Amendment Sanctuary” law enacted in 2021 that – in practice – created a sanctuary for absolutely nothing.