November 11, 2015
Maintaining local authority is essential to both preserving democracy and protecting public health and safety. To that end, we’ve updated our state preemption map to document the growing threat of preemption in six areas: smokefree laws, e-cigarettes, nutrition, factory farms, paid sick days and guns. Click on any of these six issues, or on your own state, …
October 23, 2015
Guns.com October 22, 2015 by Chris Eger A House Republican is proposing legislation that would remove suppressors and silencers from National Firearms Act regs and treat them as regular firearms. Since 1934, the federal government has treated devices designed to muffle or suppress the report of firearms as Title II …
September 2, 2015
Michigan Votes Introduced by Rep. Lee Chatfield (R) on August 18, 2015, to authorize private lawsuits against a local government that violates a state preemption on local firearms ownership or use restrictions, which would allow plaintiffs to collect actual damages and costs if they prevail. Also, to authorize a $5,000 …
September 1, 2015
Journal Star September 1, 2015 by Amanda Gailey; President, Nebraskans Against Gun Violence Sen. Laura Ebke has proposed a gun preemption bill that would nullify city gun laws in Nebraska and require all gun policy to be written at the state level (“Local control not best on guns,” Aug. 13). Preemption laws …
August 27, 2015
Courthouse News Service August 26, 2015 By June Williams The National Rifle Association sued Seattle on Monday, claiming the City Council’s recent unanimous approval of a tax on gun sales and ammunition is unconstitutional. The City Council approved the ordinance on Aug. 10 and Mayor Ed Murray signed it into …