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

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56. Of course it is a civil liberty - that is what the BoR delineates.

and no - towns and states cannot limit enumerated civil liberties based on their perception of "public safety" or "community standards" or "tradition". That is the exact logic that gave us the Patriot Act. Groups of people do not have rights. Rights are purely individual and should never be at the mercy of the majority. Would you support a town denying the right of guy people to marry because it does not fit their idea of how "decent" people behave in public? What if a town does not want an abortion clinic - can they ban it?

There should be a single standard and it should be the most permissive - a true progressive should support the expansion of personal liberty over government power.