(AP) Two City Council members plan to sue the state Legislature for preventing Philadelphia from passing its own, more restrictive, gun laws, claiming that the city's surging murder rate is partly a "state-created danger."
Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller said the Legislature has tied the city's hands by refusing to give it authority to pass laws that would limit gun purchases to one a month and institute reporting requirements for lost or stolen guns. Read more..
The PA Supreme Court has ruled that gun control is a Commonwealth-wide constitutional issue due to the language of Article 1 of the Pennsylvania Constitution. IE: Changing gun laws at the local level would require a change to the Pennsylvania Constitution.
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Figures. When they can't get things through the democratic process, they go through the courts to bypass that pesky "will of the people."
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