Crossing the Line – Firearm Preemption Protection Under Attack

By Ammoland

Fairfax, VA – -(Ammoland.com)- Gun control groups are fond of describing preemption as a doctrine whereby a state has stripped local governments of their power to regulate guns.

In fact, under established legal principles, localities are subordinate “creatures of state law,” with no inherent rights or powers other than what a state decides to delegate to them through statutes or charters.

Although some local governments may be delegated an authority to regulate public safety and welfare (“police power”) as broad as that exercised by the granting state itself, this power retains its essential character as delegated authority and is limited both by the corporate boundaries of the locality and any restrictions on its exercise that may be imposed by the state.

State preemption laws have been enacted across the nation to block local governments from passing laws on labor and employment, taxation, and many other issues of sufficient importance to require consistency and justify a uniform policy approach across the state.

For example, half of all states have some form …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand