[sgjohnson]

> or deciding drug laws or gun control laws is unthinkable.

They have. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directive_(EU)_2021/555

This stupid thing almost caused Switzerland to leave the Schengen area, and it upset a lot of countries that didn’t want anything to do with it.

At least the complete ban on handguns (that the Netherlands wanted) didn’t happen.

As a firearms enthusiast in the EU, this actually upset me. Not that it affects me too much in the country where I live (I just can’t have 30rd mags, which is stupid, but it could have been a lot worse).

> There are effectively no limits to US federal powers

There is. The 10th amendment. Of course, there’s the commerce clause, that’s been abused ad infinitum.