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« Update on NC high school that barred participation on rifle team | Main | Gov. Crist signs FLA commuter self defense law »

Philadelpha DA agrees new city ordinances are illegal

Posted by David Hardy · 15 April 2008 02:44 PM

Philadelphia District Arrorney Lynn Abraham has advised that the city's new antigun ordinances are "on their face, illegal acts."

· State legislation

10 Comments | Leave a comment

straightarrrow | April 15, 2008 3:01 PM | Reply

he is correct. they have broken the law. Where are the arrest warrants?

jdberger | April 15, 2008 3:36 PM | Reply

You'd think that the fate of Proposition H in San Francisco would have been a "teaching moment".

Guess not.

Dave D | April 15, 2008 4:18 PM | Reply

Let's hope that the "authorities" in Philadelphia will soon be needing a dose of "Preparation H".

geekWithA.45 | April 15, 2008 4:27 PM | Reply

For those of you who don't know, Lynn Abraham is absolutely NOT a friend to gunowners, and if she thought she had a chance in hell of getting away with it, she'd be going full bore ahead.

Score 1 for the rule of law in a Free State, the value of a rock solid state constitutional RKBA guarantee, and a state supreme court that knows how to read a piece of paper.

Don Gwinn | April 15, 2008 7:47 PM | Reply

See, the catch is, they don't care.

30yearProf | April 15, 2008 7:54 PM | Reply

Politicians have the same view of the law that criminals do. Catch me if you can.

Anonymous | April 15, 2008 9:01 PM | Reply

30yearProf wrote:

"Politicians have the same view of the law that criminals do. Catch me if you can."

Thank you for crystallizing what should be by now in my mind an obvious truism.

I guess it is hard to admit there's no Santa Claus.

That is a bitter pill to swallow but an important one.

But then again, we gun nuts are full of bitterness--and clingy religiosity, according to our enemies.

;)

Carl in Chicago | April 16, 2008 5:54 AM | Reply

This is just unbelievable. Nutter and the council have turned everything - the entire system - on it's head. Ramsey stated outright that he would enforce the new (illegal) laws as if the conversation with the DA never took place.

Unbelievable.

Nothing will safisfy this situation other than the wholesale and permanent removal of these people from their offices and positions. That they would defend what are obviously illegal laws with the public trust - tax revenue - is wholly reprehensible.

What Philly is doing is...there is no other word for it...tyranny.

Free Pennsylvanians, it's time to make this right.

Letalis Maximus, Esq. | April 16, 2008 11:31 AM | Reply

You know, if the cops arrest anybody under these illegal laws, inasmuch as the D.A. has told them the laws are illegal, said cops *should* be unable to claim "qualified immunity" when the Section 1983 lawsuits come along. A cop only gets qualified immunity when he/she has a good faith belief that the actions undertaken were legal and constitutional.

The Mechanic | April 16, 2008 1:12 PM | Reply

The demise of Prop H in San Fran Frisco was a teaching moment. The anti's flunked the course. In your face, Adlai Stevenson fans!

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