"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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YES IT IS. Countries are States.


So murder in the US is a federal crime?

It can be.

But you're confusing "States" (as in United...) with "states" (a
governmental jurisdiction").

Every heard the term "statism"?

It's outside the jurisdiction of
the States?