Palm Beach County Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the Legislature's ability to penalize local officials for regulating guns.
The Legislature this year passed a measure, backed by the National Rifle Association, that imposes $5,000 fines on city or county officials that try to enforce local firearms regulations. Local officials can even be removed from office.
The Legislature since the 1980s has maintained that only the state can enact gun laws, but local cities and counties did it anyway.
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The Legislature this year passed a measure, backed by the National Rifle Association, that imposes $5,000 fines on city or county officials that try to enforce local firearms regulations. Local officials can even be removed from office.
The Legislature since the 1980s has maintained that only the state can enact gun laws, but local cities and counties did it anyway.
read full article at http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/fl-guns-lawsuit-palm-20111206,0,761214.story
