PA Supreme Court rules NRA can’t sue municipalities that enact gun restrictions

It’s a small victory that could have greater implications.

On Monday, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court ruled that the NRA can’t file lawsuits against municipalities with gun control measures that enact local gun restrictions.

In 2014, Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled legislature passed a law that allowed “membership organizations” like the NRA to sue cities over gun ordinances that impacted its members. Prior to the law’s passage, gun owners could only sue cities if they had proof that the ordinances in place negatively affected them. The NRA criticized local ordinances that “do not make people safer” and violate a decades old state law that prevents municipalities from regulating guns. The group also argued that it was too difficult for residents to challenge local gun ordinances because few could prove they were adversely impacted by the gun control measures.

Days after the law took effect in January 2015, the gun organization launched legal battles againstPhiladelphia, Pittsburgh, and Lancaster — three cities that successfully passed gun control laws. The organization sued Philadelphia for seven ordinances, including a ban on firearms on city property and an ordinance that prevented people who posed an “imminent threat” from possessing a gun. It went after Lancaster for forcing people to report their missing firearms.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.