Pennsylvania Towns Sue Over State Legislation on Gun Control Measures

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"PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Mayor Nutter and a host of other Democrats from across Pennsylvania are going to Commonwealth Court, trying to overturn a bill signed into law by Governor Corbett last month.

The measure makes it easier for gun rights groups to sue Pennsylvania cities or towns that enact their own gun restrictions.

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In the past, courts have ruled that the NRA or other groups do not have legal standing to file challenges against local gun laws on their own. The groups would then have to find residents who claim they were harmed by the gun law in order to challenge it.

Act 192 would give the NRA or other gun rights groups that legal standing without the need to include a local resident in the suit. And the municipality would have to pay the entire legal bill if the city loses the challenge."

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/11/10/pennsylvania-towns-sue-over-state-legislation-on-gun-control-measures/


This NRA gift is fucking stupid. See, if the majority wants to pass legislation it's tyranny but if a minority wants to thwart the majority it's a good thing.