What Constitution? Champaign, IL Passes Sweeping Emergency Powers Ordinance Including Banning Gun, Ammo Sales

With less than 18 hours’ notice, the Champaign, Illinois city council passed an emergency powers ordinance Friday morning, which Mayor Deborah Frank Feinen signed. The ordinance grants sweeping powers to the mayor, including the ability to order a ban on selling, transferring, or even giving away firearms or ammunition. Some would-be authoritarians at the home … Read more

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan Ignores Law, Signs Local Gun Control Ordinance

Who needs the rule of law when you have good intentions, right? For decades, Washington State’s preemption law has blocked cities from enacting their own gun control regimes. In spite of that, Seattle’s brave social justice warrior mayor just signed a firearms “safe storage” ordinance. Because, well, guns. Those icky guns. Not long ago, the … Read more