Alphecca: NYC Gun Law Not Valid?

March 07, 2005

NYC Gun Law Not Valid?

Anthony J. Sebok and Timothy Lytton have commentary at FindLaw about the NYC bill that would penalize gun makers and dealers all across the country for criminal misuse of firearms. Here's a quote:

We predict that GIRA [the NYC law] will only provide tort reformers in Washington, D.C. with a specious justification for their agenda: New York City is the kind of jurisdiction that the Republicans like to point toward when they try to make the case for PLCAA [Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act], and GIRA gives Republicans good reason to point toward New York City.

The rest of the lengthy piece explains why. I disagree with some of their points and even one of their examples about how a local ordinance can trump a state one (the "No Right on Red" in NYC -- the state law explicitly GAVE municipalities the right to enforce such local variences). None-the-less it is an interesting article coming from two writers who are not pro-gun.

Needless to say you should read the whole thing.

Posted by Jeff Soyer at March 7, 2005 07:09 AM

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March 07, 2005

NYC Gun Law Not Valid?

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