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The legislation would prohibit any city, county, or state official from enforcing any federal act “purporting to implement or enforce” an extreme risk protective order.

In effect, the passage of HB430 would create an alternative path to address violations of rights in state court with no qualified immunity hurdle to clear.

HB1025 specifies that qualified immunity is not a defense in cases brought under this statute.

Under the proposed law, adults 21 and over could possess, consume or purchase up to 4 ounces of marijuana. Significantly, the proposed law would specifically ban state and local cooperation with the enforcement of federal marijuana laws that do not conform with the state law.

For years, law enforcement agencies converted themselves into quasi-military agencies with the assistance of the Defense Department. Whatever the military no longer needed, cops could have for cheap or free, as long as they remembered to say things about "national security" when filling out their 1033 program requisitions. Unsurprisingly, the acquisition of warrior gear (camouflage…

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The bill specifically abolishes “qualified immunity” as a defense.

The "Second Amendment Preservation Act" would ban state and local law enforcement officers from enforcing any past, present, or future federal “acts, laws, executive orders, administrative orders, rules, regulations, statutes, or ordinances” that infringe on the right to keep and bear arms.

A bill introduced in the Rhode Island House would create a process to sue police officers and government officials in state court for the deprivation of individual rights without the possibility of “qualified immunity” as a defense.

There was also opposition from police lobbyists who claimed the bill would prevent Colorado law enforcement from cooperating with federal agencies to solve firearm-related crimes.