Easton council votes down proposed lost-gun ordinance
No authority: No will to support bill after solicitor's warning.
By Michael Duck | Of The Morning Call
November 26, 2008
A proposed Easton gun law, which would have required gun owners to report their lost or stolen weapons quickly, was shot down Tuesday after the city solicitor said it wouldn't stand up in court.
The bill had been championed by Mayor Sal Panto Jr. as a way of targeting straw purchasers who illegally buy guns for criminals, and two weeks ago it had looked like it would pass easily.
But several City Council members changed their minds, defeating the bill 5-2, after hearing solicitor William Murphy's opinion that only the state may pass gun laws.
''Courts have been consistent,'' Murphy said. ''I don't think that this body has the authority'' to regulate the possession of firearms.
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POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad