State's law of preemption hobbles cities' attempt to address gun violence

[sarisataka]

13. I find this to be, perhaps the most ridiculous of the pro-control arguments

It is saying that a guaranteed right has limits depending on where a person lives.

Is the 1A limited only to city dwellers? If you claim 5A protection you are denied because you live in a suburb...

Much like zero tolerance policies, it is something for the lazy to fall back on. 'Because Chicago is not Cheyenne we have to ban guns'. No you have to face to social and economic difficulties posed by a larger population and address those to remove the driving factors of violence.

If a person does not want to deal with that, don't run for office in Chicago or Seattle. I hear El Paso is pretty quiet.



For the record I believe that while the NYC stop and frisk policies may be able to do some good, they are a straight up violation of the Constitution and should be immediately stopped. Those affected should be able to sue for civil rights violation.