Florida cities sue state government for permission to enact their own gun control laws

By Mike Ciandella

Ten cities and 31 elected officials in Florida have filed a lawsuit against a state law forbidding local governments from enacting their own gun control measures. Currently, members of local governments who try to pass measures on their own will be penalized by a fine of up to $5,000 and potentially with removal from office.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi have been named in the lawsuit, as well as four other state officials.

This year, Scott has managed to get sued by plaintiffs on both sides of the gun debate. Last month, the National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit of its own against the state government of Florida, claiming that a law signed by the governor to raise the legal gun purchasing age to 21 violated the Second Amendment.

Here’s what the lawsuit involves:

The lawsuit calls the penalties outlined in the state law “onerous, unconstitutional, and unprecedented.” The governor’s office is currently reviewing the lawsuit, according to the Miami Herald. It also demands a declaration “that the provisions for punishing elected officials” who violate the state law “are invalid.”

The cities filing this lawsuit say that they are doing this in reaction to the shooting at the …Read the Rest

Source:: The Blaze