Pennsylvania Supreme Court Denies Attempt to Override Preemption - Ammoland.com

 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court knocked down the City of Philadelphia’s challenge to the Commonwealth’s firearms preemption law.

Philadelphia sued the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, claiming that the Keystone State’s firearms preemption law was unconstitutional, meaning that the city could create its own gun regulations. The claim is that the Pennsylvania Legislature is not doing enough to curb “gun violence,” and therefore, the city has every right to enact its own regulations on guns.

Philadelphia has seen a rise in violence in recent years and blames the proliferation of homemade firearms made from kits and on 3D-printers for the City of Love’s violent crime problems. However, others blame the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office led by DA Lawrence S. Krasner. Mr. Krasner is a controversial prosecutor whose campaign was largely funded by George Soros-connected groups. He has been accused of being soft on crime by prioritizing “social justice” over dealing with the city’s crime problem. He has worked to free Black Lives Matter and Occupy Philly Protestors. The DA has worked with one of the most controversial groups in the state, Decarcerate PA. Decarcerate PA’s goal is to shut down prisons within the state and prevent the incarceration of criminals within the Commonwealth.

Philadelphia claimed that “gun violence” is a public health crisis, claiming they had a right to regulate firearms. Municipalities across the country have used this argument to try to get around state gun preemption laws and the United States Constitution. In New Mexico, when Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham attempted to ban the carrying of guns in the Albuquerque area. The courts rejected her public health order.

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