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.
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Florida’s highest court upheld the penalty provision in the state’s preemption statute, which holds local officials accountable by directly fining ...
Friday, September 23, 2022
Last week, the Columbia City Council passed Ordinance No.: 2022-080 to require its residents to report their lost ...
Monday, August 1, 2022
Tomorrow, the Pima County Board of Supervisors will consider a resolution to repeal/challenge Arizona's preemption statutes, Resolution NO. 2022 - 44. ...
Monday, July 18, 2022
Tomorrow, at 7:00 P.M., the Naperville City Council will consider File 22-0848, to ban commercial sales of many commonly-owned ...
Thursday, July 14, 2022
Columbia has submitted a draft ordinance to Attorney General Alan Wilson’s office asking if it violates the state’s preemption law. ...
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
On June 21st, the Lafayette City Council will consider, on second reading, anti-gun legislation that was enabled by the ...
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Today, January 12th, the Virginia General Assembly begins the 2022 legislative session. The anti-gun majority in the House ...
Friday, December 17, 2021
NRA-ILA’s Office of Litigation Counsel spent 2021 defending the Second Amendment across the country. As new cases were ...
Friday, April 30, 2021
Yesterday, anti-gun legislators filed more bills attacking the rights of law-abiding citizens.
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
As we previously reported, anti-preemption legislation, SB 554, was scheduled for 2 Public Hearings and a possible Work ...
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