Reacting to Monday’s shooting rampage at a Louisville bank, Mayor Craig Greenberg made a plea Tuesday for local control of firearms, which translates to a call for an end to Kentucky’s long-standing firearms preemption statute. Big city mayors dislike preemption laws because they’re prevented from adopting their own gun control policies. However, the laws have […]
Edmonds Preemption Victory Was Defeat for Everytown Anti-Gun Lobby
Evergreen State Second Amendment activists had plenty of reason to celebrate the unanimous win at the state Supreme Court against an illegal gun control ordinance adopted four years ago by the City of Edmonds, but now there is an additional reason for gun owners to grin. This ruling was a direct defeat for anti-gun billionaire […]
Do Canadians Have Timely Advice for Ex-Seattle Mayor, WA Anti-Gunners?
The Seattle Times is reporting that former Seattle Mayor Jenny “Summer-of-Love” Durkan is flabbergasted by Thursday’s unanimous state Supreme Court ruling upholding Washington State’s 37-year-old firearms preemption law in a case brought against the City of Edmonds by the Second Amendment Foundation. Joining SAF in Bass v. City of Edmonds were the National Rifle Association, […]
WA State Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Edmonds Preemption Case
The Washington State Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case involving the City of Edmonds’ attempt to skirt the state’s long-standing firearms preemption statute with a gun control ordinance requiring so-called “safe storage” of firearms and holding gun owners responsible for crimes committed by people who steal their guns. Edmonds adopted the ordinance […]
Colorado Governor Turns Back Clock, Signing Bill Nullifying Preemption
Colorado gun rights took a leap backward over the weekend as Democrat Gov. Jared Polis signed legislation essentially gutting the Centennial State’s firearms preemption law, thus allowing local municipalities to establish their own gun control laws. It returns Colorado to a checkerboard situation where neighboring jurisdictions might have different, perhaps conflicting gun laws that confuse, […]
Texas Anti-Gunners Seek to End State Preemption
One of several pieces of gun control legislation pre-filed for the 2021 Texas legislative session in Austin is a measure aimed at eliminating the Lone Star State’s firearm preemption law, according to KLBJ radio. House Bill 238 would allow local governments to establish their own gun control ordinances, including bans, the story said. According to […]
