Pennsylvania law does not permit municipalities to enact their own gun control laws. So, showing typical liberal disdain for the law, the Philadelphia City Council unanimously passed a gun control law yesterday.

City Council unanimously passed eight long-delayed gun control bills yesterday, deliberately picking a fight with lawmakers in Harrisburg who have consistently refused to give Philadelphia the right to enact its own gun laws.

In addition, Council will soon file a lawsuit in Common Pleas Court against the General Assembly to win the city the authority it needs to legally pass its own firearms legislation, said Councilman Darrell Clarke, who cosponsored the bills with Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller.

"It's utterly ridiculous where we are right now. It's an aberration when somebody doesn't get killed," Clarke said. "We can't wait any longer."

Excuse me – they are going to the courts for authority specifically denied them by the legislature? Don’t these folks know about separation of powers? Or is it that they simply don’t believe that the elected representatives of the people (other than themselves) have the right to enact laws consistent with the constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

And the contempt for the law that these folks are showing is monumental.

Just what happens next - with this legally questionable legislation - isn't clear. Before the Council meeting, Councilman James F. Kenney asked: "What would they do, arrest us?"

Well, I think that might not be a bad idea. Conspiracy to violate the civil rights of every citizen of Philly – that would be about 1,517,550 each. Personally, I’d settle for a million counts each, which would eliminate those Philly residents who are for some reason legally barred from gun ownership. Indeed, I think they could be charged under the relevant Civil Rights statutes, such as Title 18, U.S.C., Sections 241 & 242, and should be individually and collectively sued under Chapter 42 U.S.C.,Section 1983, which was originally part of the Civil Rights Act of 1871 (AKA the Ku Klux Klan Act).

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