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Just because the federal authorities don't aggressively enforce a law doesn't make it legal. Look at marijuana legislation, the federal government could shut down dispensaries in various states, but it chooses not to. Yet you can still be prosecuted for possession and distribution in those states.
So it's one of those limbo areas where the federal government has decided not to strictly enforce the law. But the law still exists.
As for the person you replied to, I'm merely pointing out how early in the thread you jumped to conclusions. Maybe you were right about them in this scenario (I didn't check the rest of the thread after posting), but you could easily have been wrong. I really like this quote:
Let them prove themselves one way or another.
They had.