Man Pushing For Local Assault Weapon Ban Sued By City

By Tom Knighton

We all probably hate those people in our town who are so convinced of their righteousness that they try and push laws that make us want to hurl. Communities that allow citizens to create law based on petitions probably have more of a problem with this than the rest of us. After all, those people tend to feel empowered to try and cram laws down people’s throat.

Like this guy in Huntington Beach, California.

Horgan hastily wrote the gun-control initiative last fall, in the wake of the Las Vegas massacre. A few weeks later, he submitted his intent to circulate the petition with the City Clerk’s office.

“I basically wanted to ask the community, ‘Are you comfortable with the proliferation of AR-15s?’” Horgan said.

But then he sat on his idea for a while, unsure if he wanted to invest money in a cause that might never get off the ground.

Then came Feb. 14 – the day of the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla.

“I was so tired of feeling helpless and hopeless about this carnage,” said Horgan, 42, a mortgage lender. “I needed to focus on a solution.”

However, Horgan ran smack into a problem. …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms