An interesting draft legal paper by Glenn Reynolds. He’s looking for comments.
[Update a while later]
Floridians’ freedom is about to be significantly enhanced:
Starting October 1st, any public official who passes or enforces gun regulations below the state level faces a $5,000 personal fine and could even be removed from office by the governor for enacting or enforcing local gun laws.
While Florida has had a law on its books since 1987 that makes it illegal to pass gun regulations beyond state statutes, there was no enforcement mechanism in place. As a result, towns and cities have created ordinances at will. In the process, many of them have criminalized otherwise completely law-abiding citizens who unintentionally ran afoul of arbitrary, localized gun rules.
But thanks to the law recently signed by Governor Rick Scott, that’s all about to change in the Sunshine State.
Emphasis mine. Now that’s my kind of law.
I’m not sure if it’s worthy of note, but on page 10 where he discusses the right to non-lethal self defense (pepper spray and the like), I would add that people whose religious beliefs make them unwilling to employ deadly force should still have the right to defend themselves against an attacker. It would be a way the First Amendment hooks into the Second, keeping Quakers and Amish from being singled out as victims.
The crux of the matter:
This is very good news for America!