Gun safety bill advances in City Council (Philly- Patently Unconstitutional due to preemption laws)

Philly.com ^

[Red in Blue PA]

A bill that would require safe storage of guns and ammunition in homes with children passed out of a committee of Philadelphia City Council on Wednesday without a word of opposition from gun-rights advocates.

But that does not mean pushback isn't coming.

Police Capt. Francis Healy, while saying the Police Department supports the effort, testified that the wording of the bill could prove "problematic and controversial" and that he expected a legal challenge.

Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20160602_Gun_safety_bill_advances_in_City_Council.html#CssmPtHfskzKspUh.99

[Red in Blue PA]

This will be slapped down on the first hearing in court, as it goes against the preemption laws in PA.

I hate Filthadelphia.

[Oberon]

Philly just doesn’t stop, do they.

[2banana]

The socialists in Philly have all other issues solved so they are going after this...

[catnipman]

Kenny. I thought I remembered this fool:

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2016/01/08/mayor-kenney-on-officer-shooting-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-being-muslim/

And then there’s this “legal”opinion regarding PA state preemption of local gun law:

“In Philadelphia we see an epidemic of gun violence we may not see in a rural area,” Leach said. “And Philadelphia Council people should have the ability to address that.”

I guess “should” is the new legal standard for “Progressives”, as in, “We SHOULD be able to do this because we need/want to even though the law patently prohibits us from doing it”.

[allblues]

The only phrase I hate more than the Orwellian term “gun safety” is “press 1 for English”.