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Pennsylvania Mayors Fight to Keep Local Gun Control

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | Pennsylvania | March 28, 2012

Mayor Nutter joined leaders of four other Pennsylvania cities to deliver a singular message to the General Assembly: Don't strip of us of our ability to make public safety decisions in our communities. That, the mayors fear, would be the consequence of bills pending in the state House and Senate that would penalize municipalities for enacting gun-control ordinances that go further than existing state law.

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