UT: Scofflaw City Agrees to Follow Gun Law

Gun Watch ^ | 29 August, 2014 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

The Utah municipality of Sandy City has agreed to stop violating state law.   The city had passed ordinances that were  clearly in violation of state law.    Nearly all states control what power is granted to cities.   State power is granted by the Constitution, and constrained by it, as is federal power.

Most states have reserved the power to regulate guns to the state level, so that there will be uniform gun laws throughout the state.   Utah is one of the vast majority of states that have a preemption law that does this.

The Second Amendment Foundation has been looking at local municipalities that are in violation of the law, and pushing to have them follow the law.   In the case of Sandy City, the violation was obvious.   Sandy City agreed to repeal the offending ordinances.   From sltrib.com:

"Sandy City Corporation has no legal authority to adopt or enforce these sections of the Sandy City Corporation Code and should, out of respect for the supremacy of the Utah Legislature, and out of respect for the rule of law, repeal them," foundation Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb wrote in a July 8 letter to the city.

 Only one member of the public spoke against repeal of the ordinances.

"Where are the laws protecting my rights as a private citizen who does not feel safe anymore, anywhere?" said Sally Jo Fuller, a 45-year Sandy resident who was the only member of the public to speak against the amendments.

 If Ms. Fuller had thought about her comment, she would realize that her proposed "right" would cancel all other rights.   If one can stop anyone from exercising their rights by claiming that a  person " does not feel safe", then no right would be safe.   Anyone could claim that the way a person talked, or dressed, or practiced their religion made them feel "not safe".

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[marktwain]

Leftists are all for the rule of law... except when they disagree with it.

[Secret Agent Man]

they never care about their’”rights” taking away everyone elses’.

[Vigilanteman]

"Where are the laws protecting my rights as a private citizen who does not feel safe anymore, anywhere?" said Sally Jo Fuller, a 45-year Sandy resident who was the only member of the public to speak against the amendments.

Move to Boston, you ignorant twit. Or Connecticut. Or scores of other Libtard paradises where law abiding citizens are disarmed for the convenience of the criminal element.

[marktwain]

Here is a link to the sltrib.com article:

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/58341061-78/gun-sandy-law-laws.html.csp

[SgtHooper]

Not good enough. Now remove the commies who put the laws in place!!

[SWAMPSNIPER]

http://www.humanistsofutah.org/2014/AmericanAtheistConvention_July-2014.html

[dirtboy]

"Where are the laws protecting my rights as a private citizen who does not feel safe anymore, anywhere?" said Sally Jo Fuller, a 45-year Sandy resident who was the only member of the public to speak against the amendments.

I hear this one all of the time from the gun grabbers. It's their hallmark - their feelings are more important than reality - that concealed carry lowers crime and that the right to bear arms is enumerated in federal and state constitutions.

[dirtboy]

She said in an interview she didn’t like the fact that the Second Amendment Foundation can dictate to her local government.

No, she wants to dictate to her local government to override the enumerated rights of her neighbors.

[marktwain]

If they had the facts, the law, or the Constitution on their side, they would use them. They do not, so they use the only thing they have; emotion.

There has been a long campaign to confuse desires, needs, and preferences with rights, so as to dilute and disparage our actual rights, for many decades.