As time goes on, I keep rethinking this whole thing about States' rights here in the US. The more I think about it, I think less States' power may be a way to reduce some of the craziness going on.
As mentioned on another thread, you can't even drive now into some States without them checking your license tag where you are from so you have have to be quarantined. States such as Georgia are pretty much wide open. New Jersey, Connecticut are in many ways still closed down. Every State has its own regulations. In Germany, which has the COVID under control, they nationally shut things down until it was safe to surface.
I understand that some things should be regulated by the States that affect only the people in the State but when we are talking about national issues that cross state lines, I think more and more it should be a federal issue. Just like when you commit a crime in a State and then cross State lines, the Feds (FBI) gets involved.
Same as with guns. One of the most dangerous cities in the US, Chicago, has VERY strict gun laws. Drive a mile or so across the border into Gary, Indiana, and you can buy whatever you want. It's like trying to get rid of cockroaches in a four bedroom home and you only spray two of the bedrooms. Guess what, you still have cockroaches.
Which makes as much sense as when I used to keep my boat in Ft Lauderdale Florida, about 15 miles north of Miami. If you wanted at the time to go fishing on Sunday morning, you could not buy beer before noon, for some archaic reason in Ft Lauderdale. Well, I'm probably on my way back in to the marina by noon. So guess what, everyone drives a few blocks to Dania Beach which had beer sales, I guess 24 hours. So what was being accomplished other than making the convenience store owners in Dania Beach really happy to sell a ton of beer and ice on Sunday morning?
I'm done venting.