Pittsburgh City Council Approves Gun Control Bill

By Tom Knighton

It’s now official. They’ve gone and done it.

The Pittsburgh City Council has gone and passed their gun control bill despite the state’s preemption law still being on the books.

Pittsburgh City Council on Wednesday tentatively approved three gun-control bills that would ban the use of assault-style weapons and accessories in public places in the wake of October’s Tree of Life massacre in Squirrel Hill.

The measures, approved 6-3, also would allow the courts to remove firearms from those who pose an “extreme risk” to themselves or others.

Voting in favor, council President Bruce Kraus called the vote a matter of “moral courage.”

I’m just curious how Kraus will feel when people completely ignore the new laws as a matter of “moral courage.” Think he’ll be understanding?

I mean, if he and his buddies can ignore the law and claim “moral courage,” then so can Pittsburgh gun owners who refuse to complete with this farce.

Honestly, though, I’m not surprised it passed. It shouldn’t have, but it was going to. Even if there were people on the city council who personally opposed it (which I kind of doubt), at least some of them were going to vote for it anyway. There’s …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms