Pittsburgh Ready To Fight State Over New Gun Control Measures

By Tom Knighton

I get it. After a horrific mass shooting, people want to “do something.” For community leaders in Pittsburgh, the pressure is on them to “do something,” even if the pressure all comes from within. Like I said, I get it. Especially when you consider that Pittsburgh city officials seem to lean somewhat toward the anti-gun side anyway.

With that in mind, though, you know there’s only one acceptable “something” in their minds and that’s gun control.

Too bad for them that their state legislature doesn’t have a history of going along with that.

City Councilman Corey O’Connor said now is the time for Pittsburgh to take bold action on gun control, even if it means confronting lawsuits and the ire of a Republican-controlled state Legislature and powerful gun rights groups like the National Rifle Association.

“We will fight this. Pittsburgh will take a stand,” O’Connor said, holding back tears at a Council meeting three days after a heavily armed man killed 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue.

“And we will get sued… You want to fight? We’re here to fight. Our community is here to fight.”

The NRA has unsuccessfully sued Pittsburgh twice already over a 2008 ordinance …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms