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Firearm Preemption Laws

Gun control supporters demand that state legislatures impose a wide variety of gun control restrictions within their borders. However, they hypocritically cry foul when legislatures use their power to limit gun control. Frustrated at their inability to convince state legislatures to adopt the restrictive firearm laws they propose, gun control supporters say that local jurisdictions should be able to adopt those restrictions independently.

Aside from gun control supporters’ hypocrisy, there are multiple arguments against local restrictions on basic firearm rights. Historically, some local jurisdictions have imposed clearly unconstitutional restrictions on gun ownership—the District of Columbia’s and Chicago’s since-overturned handgun bans being two recent examples. It also creates confusion when laws vary widely within a state, potentially placing otherwise law-abiding citizens at risk of violating an ordinance of which they were not previously aware, as they travel within their states, and more so when they travel outside their state of residence.

As a result, almost all states today have a law prohibiting local jurisdictions from imposing gun control restrictions that are more severe than state law.

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The Times Record  

Friday, February 27, 2015

Pennsylvania Capital Warned Of Steep Legal Fees For Gun Law Defense

A gun rights lawyer pressed the Harrisburg, Pa., mayor on Thursday to drop his defense of local firearm ...

The Patriot-News  

Friday, February 27, 2015

Municipalities making changes to comply with new Pennsylvania gun law

A growing number of midstate municipalities are revising weapons-related ordinances due to a new state law that makes ...

The Associated Press  

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Pennsylvania: Judge orders Harrisburg to stop enforcing 3 gun ordinances

A judge is ruling that Pennsylvania's capital city cannot enforce three gun-control ordinances.

Arizona: Pro-Gun Bills Pass Through Committees

Monday, February 23, 2015

Arizona: Pro-Gun Bills Pass Through Committees

Senate Bill 1291, the state preemption bill introduced by state Senator Steve Smith (R-11), passed through both the ...

The Legal Intelligencer  

Friday, February 20, 2015

Gun Law Challenges Prevail in Two Cases in Pa. Federal Court

Two federal judges in Pennsylvania have granted relief to people who had been barred by law from owning ...

The Las Vegas Review-Journal  

Monday, February 9, 2015

Nevada: Bill introduced to do away with Clark County handgun registration

Two gun-related bills, including a measure that would do away with a handgun registration requirement in Clark County, ...

The Intelligencer  

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Pennsylvania: Doylestown Township repeals gun-carrying prohibitions

Doylestown Township supervisors approved a change in the township’s code Tuesday night to delete prohibitions against carrying firearms ...

The Express-Times  

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Pennsylvania: Allentown repeals its gun laws under threat of lawsuits

Allentown City Council on Wednesday repealed all city ordinances dealing with firearms in the wake of lawsuits filed ...

The Morning Call  

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Pennsylvania: Bethlehem poised to repeal $2 gun fee

As gun rights groups galvanize around a new Pennsylvania law making it easier to challenge local gun laws, ...

The Philadelphia Inquirer  

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Phila. Council considers a way to preserve its tougher gun law

Philadelphia City Council is moving to suspend about a dozen gun laws that are not being enforced in ...

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