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friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)
Tue May 18, 2021, 02:57 PM May 2021

Everytown has now decided it *likes* state preemption laws, hopes you won't notice their 180

Started reseaching their stance after reading the following link

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1172210538


From 2018:

https://everytownresearch.org/report/fact-sheet-preemption-laws/

Local law enforcement and government officials know best how to keep their communities safe. They should be able to determine local public safety policies, not state legislators...


That, of course, was before. Now, state preemption laws are doubleplusgood:

https://everytownlaw.org/press/residents-ask-oregon-court-to-invalidate-columbia-county-ordinance-claiming-to-nullify-gun-laws-saying-it-violates-u-s-constitution-and-oregon-law/


...Everytown Law represents the residents challenging the ordinance, as does the Oregon-based law firm Stoll Berne. Everytown Law is the litigation arm of Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, which is part of Everytown for Gun Safety.

“The residents we represent expect the county to comply with Oregon law and with the U.S. Constitution, both of which make clear that local governments don’t have the legal authority to pick and choose which public safety laws apply within their borders,” said Eric Tirschwell, managing director for Everytown Law....


I'm a bit surprised he didn't go on to declare that 'we've always been at war with Eastasia'...



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Everytown has now decided it *likes* state preemption laws, hopes you won't notice their 180 (Original Post) friendly_iconoclast May 2021 OP
County Sheriffs need to be appointed not elected. pwb May 2021 #1
County residents voted for the nullification law, not the sheriff friendly_iconoclast May 2021 #2
"appointed" discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2021 #3
So you -oppose- Democracy?! RotorHead May 2021 #4
Let's "appoint" representatives, too, while we're at it... yagotme May 2021 #6
Interesting. Harold Shea May 2021 #5
 

friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)
2. County residents voted for the nullification law, not the sheriff
Tue May 18, 2021, 03:34 PM
May 2021

Last edited Tue May 18, 2021, 08:17 PM - Edit history (1)

If the sheriff in that county had been appointed, they'd be turfed if they didn't follow the (local) law

yagotme

(3,816 posts)
6. Let's "appoint" representatives, too, while we're at it...
Wed May 19, 2021, 08:53 PM
May 2021

Congress sometimes needs a bit of reigning in.

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