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To: bboop

Uhhh, the (restrictive) local ordinances were enacted by local councils and politicians not We the People. The conservative state Representatives outlawed such local decrees as being violations of state firearms laws. That’s the We the People representation.

FL firearms law is the purview of the state not localities. The state Reps realize criminals will obtain firearms outside localities where they are restricted. They also understand the rationale that someone willing to break the law and harm others is also willing to break the law and use a firearm to do so. Restricting firearms only affects the intended victims of violent crime, the law-abiding citizens.


16 posted on 09/01/2011 7:36:50 AM PDT by Justa
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To: Justa; bboop
Thank you -- I was about to post the exact same thing.

As for cities, I quote Thomas Jefferson regarding those:

"The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure government as sores do to the strength of the human body. It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution."

18 posted on 09/01/2011 7:59:58 AM PDT by Joe Brower (Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
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To: Justa

Actually, I believe cities and counties SHOULD have the last word in firearms legislation. They should have the authority to prescribe where and when a weapon may be discharged in a non-emergency situation. And that should be ALL the weapons legislation permitted, ever.

Same with drug usage (recreational)... cities and counties should be able to prescribe penalties for ANY form of PUBLIC intoxication. That’s it and that’s all.


26 posted on 09/01/2011 11:06:47 AM PDT by dcwusmc (A FREE People have no sovereign save Almighty GOD!!! III OK We are EVERYWHERE)
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