Posted September 24, 2019 2:55 pm by Comments

By John Crump

John Crump

Weston, FL-(Ammoland.com)- The wife of a Weston, FL city commissioner filed a police report after a Florida man posted a meme to a Facebook group.

Peter Van Antwerpen, a resident of Weston, was upset that some in the people in the Weston government joined a lawsuit to get rid of preemption in Florida.

Preemption is the idea that state law trumps local laws. This idea stops counties such as Broward from passing gun bans and mandatory gun buybacks. Some residents are concerned if the courts remove the preemption clause that their county will adopt an “assault weapons ban.”

Van Antwerpen posted a meme of Charleston Heston holding up a rifle with the caption “from my cold dead hands.” The picture and quote originate from the 2000 NRA convention where Heston gave an impassioned speech about gun rights.

Van Antwerpen named a few anti-gun politicians in Weston and wondered if they were going to lead the confiscation that they are pushing. Nowhere in his post were any threats issued.

Van Antwerpen wrote:

“Enufsaid…..let them come!”

“Since you are on the lawsuit Peggy Brown, Dan Stermer and Byron Jaffe I hope you are the ones to come confiscate my …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand

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