sjfcontrol wrote:apostate wrote:couzin wrote:OK - maybe I am just clueless - but what cities and/or counties in Texas have their own set of 'laws' that control weapons or ammunition? I've never noticed any difference in any of the cities or counties I've been in over the past 20+ years in Texas.
Grapevine and Plano. According to reports, both have their own version of 30.06 instead of obeying the Texas one.
But they aren't enforceable. Texas has a "preemption" law prohibiting municipalities from adopting regulations relating to the transfer, private ownership, keeping, transportation, licensing, or registration of firearms, ammunition, or firearm supplies. See LGC 229.001 (page 55 of the CHL-16 booklet).
Florida also had a "preemption" law. It passed more than 20 years ago.
790.33 Field of regulation of firearms and ammunition preempted.
(1) PREEMPTION. Except as expressly provided by general law, the Legislature hereby declares that it is occupying the whole field of regulation of firearms and ammunition, including the purchase, sale, transfer, taxation, manufacture, ownership, possession, and transportation thereof, to the exclusion of all existing and future county, city, town, or municipal ordinances or regulations relating thereto. Any such existing ordinances are hereby declared null and void. This subsection shall not affect zoning ordinances which encompass firearms businesses along with other businesses. Zoning ordinances which are designed for the purpose of restricting or prohibiting the sale, purchase, transfer, or manufacture of firearms or ammunition as a method of regulating firearms or ammunition are in conflict with this subsection and are prohibited.
This new law does not repeal it. It strengthens it by giving citizens a way to fight back. How long would the signs in Plano would stay up if the school administrators were
personally sued for six figures and the settlement would come
out of their pockets. Same with cops saying they will ignore the 30.06 law and arrest people who are complying with the 30.06 law.