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04-02-2018, 09:31 PM
WESTON, Fla. - Ten mayors in Miami-Dade and Broward counties have announced they are banding together to sue the state of Florida for the right to make their own gun laws.
A state law bans cities and counties from imposing their own gun-control rules. City leaders can be personally fined up to $5,000 if they disobey the law. The mayors said the penalties are unconstitutional.
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While law enforcement agencies generally support the provision because it creates uniformity, the law's strict and personal penalties are unique to Florida.
"The idea that we cannot control our own space to make sure it's safe for our residents and visitors is astounding," Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber said.
Coral Gables, Cutler Bay, Lauderhill, Miami Beach, Miami Gardens, Miramar, Pinecrest, Pompano Beach, South Miami and Weston are participating in the lawsuit.
Gov. Rick Scott signed new measures regulating gun sales after the shooting, but the city leaders said the new rules don't go far enough. The measures raised the age to buy a semiautomatic rifle from 18 to 21 and imposed a three-day waiting period to long gun sales.
However, the changes didn't include a ban on semiautomatic weapons or address ways people can avoid background checks by buying weapons at gun shows or through private sales.
"We don't want those weapons to be carried in Coral Gables, sold in Coral Gables," city Mayor Raul Valdes Fauli said.
https://www.local10.com/news/politics/10-south-florida-mayors-sue-state-to-make-own-their-gun-laws
Coral Gables, which also joined the lawsuit, dropped a plan last month to ban the sale of military-style rifles, saying it would open the city up to lawsuits.
"The monetary exposure was too much,” Coral Gables Mayor Raúl Valdés-Fauli said Monday.
Valdés-Fauli had initially proposed banning the sale of any firearm “capable of fully automatic, semiautomatic or burst fire.” The legislation identified 65 gun makes, including an AR-15, the rifle used in the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
“It’s the right thing to do, and I’m glad Weston has taken the lead,” he said. “It’s unconstitutional because we have the duty to regulate our zoning and public safety. The state is making it impossible for us.”
Lauderhill Mayor Richard Kaplan said the state’s restrictions are not fair to cities: “It makes it an intolerable situation.”
He said cities have to fight it “because then they’ll do it another area and then another area. The Legislature went too far and the cities have to say ‘no’ and if we don’t say no they’ll do it on another area because they think they can get away with it.”
If the penalties were repealed, the mayor of Pompano Beach wants to regulate gun shows at public facilities. The mayor of Miramar said he want to prohibit guns at the city’s 5,000-seat amphitheater.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/fl-reg-cities-sue-for-gun-laws-20180402-story.html
Common sense Gun Control...:rolleyes:
A state law bans cities and counties from imposing their own gun-control rules. City leaders can be personally fined up to $5,000 if they disobey the law. The mayors said the penalties are unconstitutional.
More Politics Headlines
While law enforcement agencies generally support the provision because it creates uniformity, the law's strict and personal penalties are unique to Florida.
"The idea that we cannot control our own space to make sure it's safe for our residents and visitors is astounding," Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber said.
Coral Gables, Cutler Bay, Lauderhill, Miami Beach, Miami Gardens, Miramar, Pinecrest, Pompano Beach, South Miami and Weston are participating in the lawsuit.
Gov. Rick Scott signed new measures regulating gun sales after the shooting, but the city leaders said the new rules don't go far enough. The measures raised the age to buy a semiautomatic rifle from 18 to 21 and imposed a three-day waiting period to long gun sales.
However, the changes didn't include a ban on semiautomatic weapons or address ways people can avoid background checks by buying weapons at gun shows or through private sales.
"We don't want those weapons to be carried in Coral Gables, sold in Coral Gables," city Mayor Raul Valdes Fauli said.
https://www.local10.com/news/politics/10-south-florida-mayors-sue-state-to-make-own-their-gun-laws
Coral Gables, which also joined the lawsuit, dropped a plan last month to ban the sale of military-style rifles, saying it would open the city up to lawsuits.
"The monetary exposure was too much,” Coral Gables Mayor Raúl Valdés-Fauli said Monday.
Valdés-Fauli had initially proposed banning the sale of any firearm “capable of fully automatic, semiautomatic or burst fire.” The legislation identified 65 gun makes, including an AR-15, the rifle used in the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
“It’s the right thing to do, and I’m glad Weston has taken the lead,” he said. “It’s unconstitutional because we have the duty to regulate our zoning and public safety. The state is making it impossible for us.”
Lauderhill Mayor Richard Kaplan said the state’s restrictions are not fair to cities: “It makes it an intolerable situation.”
He said cities have to fight it “because then they’ll do it another area and then another area. The Legislature went too far and the cities have to say ‘no’ and if we don’t say no they’ll do it on another area because they think they can get away with it.”
If the penalties were repealed, the mayor of Pompano Beach wants to regulate gun shows at public facilities. The mayor of Miramar said he want to prohibit guns at the city’s 5,000-seat amphitheater.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/fl-reg-cities-sue-for-gun-laws-20180402-story.html
Common sense Gun Control...:rolleyes: