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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Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Yesterday, the House voted 35-24 (with 1 excused), along party lines, to pass House Bill 2005 B, the anti-gun package ...
Thursday, April 27, 2023
On May 2nd, the House will hold a floor vote on House Bill 2005 B, the anti-gun package ...
Saturday, April 8, 2023
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Tuesday, March 14, 2023
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Monday, February 27, 2023
The Wyoming House voted 61-0 to pass SF 148, a bill that enhances the current firearm preemption laws. SF 148 ensures the ...
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
The Wyoming House will vote soon on a pro-Second Amendment bill, SF 148, that enhances the current firearm preemption laws. In other words, SF ...
Friday, February 17, 2023
Despite the thousands of requests that House members received to oppose HB23-1165, a bill that allows counties the authority to ban shooting ...
Friday, February 10, 2023
Despite the thousands of letters the Transportation, Housing & Local Government Committee members received to oppose HB23-1165, the committee passed the ...
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
The Transportation, Housing & Local Government committee will meet tomorrow, February 8, 2023, to vote on HB23-1165, a ...
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