Mayors of Minnesota's largest cities ask for more authority to implement local gun regulations

Mayors of Minnesota's largest cities ask for more authority to implement local gun regulations

The chief executives of the state's four largest cities, plus other leaders, renewed their demands Tuesday for more local control over gun regulations.

Minnesota Preemption Law Under Attack from Big City Mayors: Report - Liberty Park Press

State preemption is being targeted by mayors in Minnesota who want to make up their own rules on guns. By Dave Workman State preemption laws, which place sole authority for regulating firearms in the hands of state legislatures, have been popular for several years, with more than 40 states having such statutes on the books. Preemption prevents local municipalities and county governments from creating a patchwork of local ordinances which may con…