Nev. Legislator Drops Efforts To End Preemption, Still Pushing Gun Control

By Tom Knighton

A Nevada legislator wants to kill preemption in her state. Her goal was to allow jurisdictions to pass their own restrictive gun measures. After all, local authority on gun control is bad…unless it’s creating more infringements on people’s rights.

However, it seems the lawmaker in question has decided to abandon her quest, at least for now. Not that she’s replacing it with something all that much better.

A gun bill sponsor says she is gutting the main provision that would allow counties to pass stricter firearm laws than those imposed by the state.

Democratic Assemblywoman Sandra Jauregui said Friday afternoon in a statement that she has decided to remove the portion of the bill at the request of Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that advocates for gun control measures, and other organizations.

“I am looking at other fixes to improve gun safety in our communities such as extreme risk legislation,” she said.

Jauregui did not return a message seeking further information on the statement. She did not appear to be in her legislative office Friday afternoon.

The provision is expected to be replaced with language creating a so-called “red flag” law allowing police or family members to seek an order to seize …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms