among others, the mayors of Kansas City and St Lousy are also in for a rude awakening, or so the Missouri Attorney General has said.<\/p>\n
OHIO COURT, PHILADELPHIA SUBURBS SHOW IMPORTANCE OF PREEMPTION LAWS<\/a><\/p>\n Neighboring states of Ohio and Pennsylvania are offering lessons in real time of what happens when gun control politicians ignore laws and create barriers for the firearm industry. Gun control politicians, acting on behalf of gun control activists, create havoc and disarray when they foist their own restrictive gun control policies that aren\u2019t in step with state law.<\/p>\n Ohio\u2019s Tenth District Court of Appeals overturned a lower court\u2019s decision to grant an injunction that allowed the City of Columbus to enact their own gun control laws. The appeals court found that Columbus\u2019 attempt to block the state from enforcing uniform laws for firearms was incorrectly granted, since it was sought years after the challenge and after Columbus enacted their own ordinances that barred standard capacity magazines and firearm storage mandates.<\/p>\n Ohio is one of 42 states that have what is called a \u201cpreemption\u201d law. That means authority to enact laws that regulate firearms resides with the state legislature and not local municipalities. Those laws protect from cities and towns creating a patchwork of gun control laws that would ensnare state citizens traveling throughout the state.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe court\u2019s ruling assures that all Ohioans must abide by the same law, state law, when it comes to firearms,\u201d said Ohio\u2019s Attorney General Dave Yost in a press release following the court\u2019s ruling. \u201cJust like we argued in court, firearms owners statewide should have to follow the same rules.\u201d<\/p>\n When It\u2019s Gun Control, Though\u2026<\/strong> Oregon passed their Measure 114 that outlaws standard capacity magazines and requires police to maintain an electronic, searchable firearm permit database, provide additional hands-on firearm training and fingerprint applicants for firearm purchase permits, at least five county sheriffs said they wouldn\u2019t enforce the gun control law, calling it a violation of Second Amendment rights. NSSF is challenging that law in federal court.<\/p>\n Oregon\u2019s Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum had previous dust-ups over Second Amendment issue with county sheriffs and cited a state law requiring them to arrest and imprison \u201call persons who break the peace, or attempt to break it, and all persons guilty of public offenses.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThus, a sheriff and deputies have a statutory duty to enforce state criminal laws,\u201d AG Rosenblum wrote in a petition of earlier clashes with sheriffs over Second Amendment concerns.<\/p>\n New Mexico\u2019s Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham clashed with sheriffs in her state in 2020 over \u201cred flag\u201d laws. The head of New Mexico Sheriffs\u2019 Association, Tony Mace, wrote that the law didn\u2019t take Due Process rights into consideration and some sheriffs said they wouldn\u2019t enforce it. Gov. Grisham said sheriffs had no discretion in the matter.<\/p>\n \u201cThey cannot not enforce,\u201d she said, according to a CNN report. \u201cAnd if they really intend to do that, they should resign as a law enforcement officer and leader in that community.\u201d<\/p>\n Zoned Out<\/strong> Township Commissioner Mike McKeon said the local law is one about zoning and not gun control, yet told NPR, \u201cwe\u2019re trying to make everyone feel safer.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat the township did is they made it less accessible for people to access their rights and for people to access things like gunsmithing, etc.,\u201d said Shot Tec owner Grant Schmidt, noting his firearm business is the only one in Lower Merion Township.<\/p>\n That\u2019s a sticking point because Pennsylvania has a firearm preemption law. This has been challenged numerous times and was most recently batted down after Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney attempted to ban firearms in city parks and recreation areas. The reason was on account of the state\u2019s General Assembly has the exclusive legal authority to write those laws in the Commonwealth. Pittsburg officials learned that again last year after trying to write their own gun control laws.<\/p>\n The striking irony is that those politicians demanding to pass their own local gun laws aren\u2019t calling for crackdowns on criminals. They\u2019re only demanding that those who obey the law are stripped of their ability to lawfully purchase a firearm. They\u2019re ignoring state law to press a gun control agenda. These are gun control platitudes that run roughshod on state law and ignores criminals that are the real menace to society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" among others, the mayors of Kansas City and St Lousy are also in for a rude awakening, or so the Missouri Attorney General has said. 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\nIt\u2019s a law gun control advocates ignore when it is convenient. When it comes to enforcing overreaching gun control laws, gun control politicians demand strict adherence and strict enforcement.<\/p>\n
\nThe conflict over \u201chome rule\u201d and \u201cself-determination\u201d when it comes to passing a patchwork of gun control laws is playing out now in Lower Merion Township, a suburb of Philadelphia. NPR reported that the town passed a zoning ordinance that would put the only federal firearms licensee, Shot Tec, out of business. Shot Tec doesn\u2019t carry an inventory of firearms. It\u2019s a business that facilitates legal firearm transfers and provides firearm safety classes. Still, town officials want it gone.<\/p>\n