opinion affirming the states’ sovereignty under the 10th Amendment and that the federal government could not enlist the local police in 50 states to do its bidding. The decision did not have lasting impact because a national database was put in place to enable gun dealers to run the checks themselves, removing local law enforcement from the process.

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But Mack became popular in conservative circles and he launched the CSPOA in 2011. At a recent training for local police, the CPI reported, Mack declared that “gun control is against the law” and that his goal was to sign up about one-fourth of the nation’s sheriffs to join the association. “And then everybody in this country has at least two or three places in each state where they can goit deals with birchos
  hanehenin1, without which, it is forbidden to benefit from food.
The Rambam explains why Rebbe began the Tractate with the mitzvah of
  kerias shema: Since it deals with birchos hanehenin, Rebbe also
  arranged the other blessings and prayers, including the brachos of
  kerias shema. It is only fitting to learn about the brachos of kerias
  shema after learning the laws of kerias shema itself.
Shiltei Giborim cites the Ri’az, who suggests the following
  explanation: Rebbe began with the mitzvah of kerias shema, which is
  the unification of His Name, as the verse says: The beginning of
  wisdom is the fear of Hashem.

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The Vilna Gaon in Shenos Eliyahu writes that the Talmud started with the mitzvah of Krias Shema