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If this could happen in Vermont, one of the most gun friendly states in the nation, is ANYPLACE safe from the anti-gun hysteria? One village in IL passed a virtually total gun ban law, and others are considering doing the same, despite a state preemption law which would seem to preclude this from happening. The anti-gun enthusiasm of the Left combined with the weak to non-existent support for gun rights from the Right do not make it look good for those of us that value the 2nd Amendment and freedom.

The "other city" that passed a draconian gun ban was Highland Park, an afluent suburb north of Chicago. But when IL passed concealed carry and state preemption, the new law allowed a ten day window in which local communities could pass their own laws that otherwise would be preempted. Highland Park did just that, and thus was allowed to "amend" that law later with the court ruling that such was permissible. But Deerfield has no such protection. It is claiming that this virtually total gun ban ordinance is just an "amendment" to an unrelated law, something less likely to hold up in court. But in today's climate, with politicians of all stripes seemingly terrified of angering the hysteric anti-gun community, who knows what the courts will rule? Whether or not the Vermont law is a sign of things to come, that the pro-gun movement has reached its zenith and is now receding in power, or if Vermont is just an outlier reflecting the changing voter demographic where huge numbers of liberals have relocated to, remains to be seen.

Personally, my biggest concern is the wording of new laws that talks about banning "firearms that have the capability of accepting high capacity magazines" or similar language. Even a small pocket pistol that has a normal magazine that holds six or seven rounds could accept a longer magazine with higher capacity. In effect, every semi auto pistol and long gun could be made illegal with such a definition, bringing the anti gunners quite close to their ultimate dream goal of banning the private ownership of all guns. The thought of having to turn in to the government all of my guns other than the few revolvers I own to remain within compliance of the law is certainly alarming and should be of almost mortal concern for all who treasure the freedom inherent in the 2nd Amendment. And internet bravado about defying any law that infringes on gun rights, or bragging how the individual will claim that all of their guns were lost in the proverbial boating accident, will likely turn to nothing when law enforcement officers show up at the door of a gun owner and confiscation becomes reality. If a group of LEO's were ordered to come to a community and seize all the firearms we might have a re-enactment of Lexington and Concord, but when confiscation is done one household at a time, reality is that virtually all will comply and be neutered as the citizens of the U.K. and Australia have become. These are not good times for gun owners, I fear.

Vermonter here, the general consensus locally is that our Governor is going to lose his job over this, despite what you may have read in the heavily biased polls. Scott ran against a Democrat that was pushing an "assault weapons" ban while his platform was "no new gun laws", in a blue state and he won. The electorate spoke and he went against their will after the fact. I can guarantee you that everyone who voted for him in 2016 didn't share his "change of heart". He thinks he's coming across as authentic for being brave enough to change his position. The reality is that everyone know this was a "solution" in search of a problem and he can't be trusted to do what he says he will.

Unfortunately the damage is done and he's upset over 2 centuries of precedent by signing this nonsense. We'll just need to set some precedent of our own by making him our first incumbent governor to get taken out in the primary during his first term.

Hi Gary. After searching quite a bit, I've seen no information on the gun laws specific to the Hualapai tribe of Arizona. The West Grand Canyon area is in their reservation.

Wanted to notify you they have a metal detector inside the "Skywalk" building.

vito said:

Personally, my biggest concern is the wording of new laws that talks about banning "firearms that have the capability of accepting high capacity magazines" or similar language. Even a small pocket pistol that has a normal magazine that holds six or seven rounds could accept a longer magazine with higher capacity. In effect, every semi auto pistol and long gun could be made illegal with such a definition, bringing the anti gunners quite close to their ultimate dream goal of banning the private ownership of all guns.

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DC tried that approach after the Heller decision. The courts didn’t let them get away with it.