To the best of my knowledge, there are now 18 states that have all three of
the following:
1) Shall-issue laws (or practices)
2) Broad state preemption of local governments' authority over firearms
3) No statutory prohibition on permit holders carrying pistols in most
governmental buildings.
The states are Alabama, Alaska, Idaho, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota,
New Hampshire, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas,
Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming.
Minnesota, as those of you following this list will already know, has had a
spate of cities and counties enacting prohibitions on carrying guns in
public buildings, despite state preemption laws.
I'm interested in whether other states have had appellate court cases
dealing with the same subject. I'm aware of the City of Ferndale case in
Michigan earlier this year, but haven't been able to find any others. A
couple of years ago, Connecticut had a city ordinance on hunting voided for
conflicting with state hunting laws, but that's a little too off-point.
Have other states had local ordinances on carrying guns (ideally in public
buildings, but I'd be interested in anything related to carrying guns in any
location) challenged on the basis that they conflicted with state
preemption?
--
Bob Woolley
St. Paul, MN
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There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well
please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take
the consequences.
--P.J. O'Rourke
