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April 28th, 2015, 04:10 PM #1
Appeals court won't lift stay on NRA's Pittsburgh lawsuit
http://www.witf.org/news/2015/04/app...gh-lawsuit.php
Pittsburgh) -- A state appeals court has refused to lift a stay of the National Rifle Association's lawsuit challenging Pittsburgh's gun regulations.
The Commonwealth Court ruling means the lawsuit can't go forward until the same appeals court rules on the constitutionality of a law passed during the Corbett administration that lets advocacy groups challenge local gun laws in court.
Pennsylvania law doesn't let municipalities regulate guns, but several, including Pittsburgh, have passed such ordinances anyway. Act 192, signed into law by then-Governor Tom Corbett in January, lets the NRA and other advocacy groups sue to overturn the local gun laws, which it has in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Lancaster.
Allegheny County Judge Judith Friedman issued the stay in March, pending the Commonwealth Court's ruling on Act 192.
This past February, a Dauphin County judge issued a preliminary ruling three of the city of Harrisburg's restrictions on guns are unlawful, in the first major court decision since a state law went into the effect.
Judge Andrew Dowling said the city's ordinances regulating gun possession in parks, transferring weapons during a declared emergency, and gun possession by minors are more strict than state law and should not be enforced.
The state chapter of Texas-based U.S. Law Shield brought the suit under a new state law allowing the National Rifle Association and similar groups to challenge illegal gun ordinances.
The judge did preserve two city restrictions banning firing a gun in city limits and requiring reporting of lost or stolen weapons."I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery." Thomas Jefferson
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