Pittsburgh Wants to Sue to End State Preemption of Firearms Laws

[Pilot321]

There are 130 different municipalities in Allegheny county alone. Imagine trying to navigate that patchwork if they all have the ability to ban scary guns in their own little fiefdoms. Imagine getting dinged with a felony because you drove through Wilmerding with an AR and someone saw it in your backseat. Fuck that.

When I lived in Colorado, then Mayor Hickenlooper (Narberth, PA native) passed an Assault Weapons Ban in Denver, so my AR-15's and mags were essentially illegal. Fortunately, I knew better than to live in the city, but it shows you that they just want to make it onerous, difficult and uncertain for gun owners.

[marinville]

Kinda makes me feel like taking a nice stroll downtown with one of my baby kil... uh I mean AR rifles. I'm sure the city will accommodate us like they did for the cuckoo birds who "shut it down" with their un-permitted marches down various city streets last summer.

[Emptymag]

Kinda makes me feel like taking a nice stroll downtown with one of my baby kil... uh I mean AR rifles. I'm sure the city will accommodate us like they did for the cuckoo birds who "shut it down" with their un-permitted marches down various city streets last summer.

Free speech, baby!

[STBear]

Hey assholes! At least he's trying to DO something to stop gun violence!

What are YOU doing? Probably buying more guns that you'll just shoot yourself with, or go on a racist mass killing rampage!

Mr Rogers HATES YOU! I don't want you to be MY NEIGHBOR!

RARRRRRRRR!!!

Your "Hate has no home here" sign has been shipped.

[ar15_shooter]

It kinda sounds like we're screwed on this one if they actually sue. The AG won't want to mount a good defense, and even if he did the state SC is full-on democrat now.
From my non-lawyer standpoint it basically looks like Dem cities can challenge and overturn any pro-gun law that they want to. Am I wrong?

[Noah_Zark]

It kinda sounds like we're screwed on this one if they actually sue. The AG won't want to mount a good defense, and even if he did the state SC is full-on democrat now.
From my non-lawyer standpoint it basically looks like Dem cities can challenge and overturn any pro-gun law that they want to. Am I wrong?

There is plenty of case law that decided against a number of municipalities making their own local laws preempting state law in the past 20 years. The question: If the PA AG has any integrity, he would do his job in a non-partisan manner and defend the Commonwealth against suits against the preemption laws.

Noah

[Sgt.K]

If the PA AG has any integrity...

Ahh, there's the rub...

[P89]

If the PA AG has any integrity,

Ahh, there's the rub...

Indeed.

[Bang]

[turns out that there really are ideas that are too stupid to allow]

[jlb0305]

If that's the case is there any way to sue saying the AG has a conflict of interest and should be removed from the case? Or would it have to be forced it to higher courts somehow? And could private citizens/lawers do such petitioning to force it to higher courts?

I'm assuming most of this question needs to be answered by Gunlawyer.