Pennsylvania Supreme Court Crushes Local Gun Control Laws

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-22 18:21:12 | Updated at 2024-11-22 23:39:42 5 hours ago

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Crushes Local Gun Control Laws
RedState ^ | 11/21/24 | Jeff Charles

Posted on 11/22/2024 10:13:29 AM PST by CFW

Score another victory for gun rights! The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled against a legal challenge against the state’s firearm preemption laws that prohibit local governments from further infringing on the right to keep and bear arms.

Currently, Pennsylvania’s preemption laws prohibit local governments from passing gun control measures that go further than firearms restrictions passed at the state level. The ruling means that there will be uniformity when it comes to gun control laws, which means it is less likely that an individual might find themselves in legal jeopardy due to confusion about local restrictions on firearms.

The ruling comes after an appeals court dismissed the original challenge against the law. “The General Assembly’s authority over municipalities is supreme…municipalities may do only those things which the legislature has expressly or by necessary implication permitted,” Justice Kevin Brobson wrote in his opinion.

The court argued that the state constitution “does not provide that the right to bear arms shall not be questioned in some parts of the Commonwealth but abridged at will in others” and that “Regulation of firearms is a matter of statewide concern.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; firearms; pa

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Thank you very much and God bless you.

I've noticed that one reason Americans have regained so many of their 2nd Amendment rights over the past couple of decades, is because the anti-gun left has pushed too far.

As usual for the left, they get an inch and they grab for a mile. Democrats gets cocky when they win an election for a municipal or state position, and decide to make sweeping changes that most voters do not want and of which are against the Constitution.

They've been used to sliding these laws in under the radar with no push-back (the NRA was actually useless for years) but what now happens is a group such as the 2nd Amendment Foundation or Firearms Policy Coalition and individual 2nd Amendment supporters take a stand and take these cases all the way to the higher courts and make sure the Constitution stands.

Kudos to these groups and individuals (and those who contribute to their legal funds) for fighting for all of us.

1 posted on 11/22/2024 10:13:29 AM PST by CFW

To: CFW

I just wish CT and MA judges followed these rulings.

2 posted on 11/22/2024 10:19:15 AM PST by kickstart ("A gun is a tool. It is only as good or as bad as the man who uses it" . Alan Ladd in 'Shane' )

To: CFW

I have high hopes for national reciprocity. I think that would really change things — your concealed carry permit from AZ is suddenly good in MA ... but MA still wants to impose restrictions on gun type, and magazine size and whatnot? Does “reciprocity” not mean “reciprocity”?

I think we could take gun control off the table as a political issue. Let’s get back to “shall not infringe” and keep it all simple.

3 posted on 11/22/2024 10:21:01 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (My decisions about people are based almost entirely on skin color. I learned this from Democrats.)

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