On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 01:09:15PM -0500, Robert Woolley wrote: > 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 not aware of any cases in Wyoming. However, I do know of a Wyoming town attorney who, in preparing a town ordinance for updating, missed the fact that Wyoming has a preemption law. He was educated to this fact in a rough and tumble town meeting. Everyone involved got a lesson in citizen participation. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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