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Eric Toney: “We don't have as prosecutors, I don't have the authority to…”

Featuring: Eric Toney, Republican | Candidate for Attorney General of Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 37:30

And the ATF doesn't have the authority to change our statutes here in Wisconsin, which I think is what our law enforcement and our prosecutors are going to be looking at. We don't have as prosecutors, I don't have the authority to enforce federal law. That would be something that federal prosecutors, law enforcement would have to enforce. So that's, I think a major distinction for folks that if local law enforcement were to, you know, be involved in something, they would be looking at are state statutes. (37:30–37:35)

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