FIREARM OWNERS AGAINST CRIME v. PITTSBURGH

No. 1754 C.D. 2019.

276 A.3d 878 (2022)

FIREARM OWNERS AGAINST CRIME; Firearm Policy Coalition, Inc; Firearm Policy Foundation; Matthew Boardley, Saadyah Averick, Fred Rak v. CITY OF PITTSBURGH; Mayor William Peduto; Councilman Bruce Kraus; Councilman Corey O'Connor; Councilman R. Daniel Lavelle; Councilwoman Deb Gross; Councilwoman Erika Strassburger; and Councilman Ricky Burgess, Appellants.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 27, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Tirschwell , New York, NY, Kelly K. Iverson , Pittsburgh, and Wendy Kobee , Pittsburgh, for Appellants.

Joshua Prince , Bechtelsville, for Appellees.

BEFORE: HONORABLE MARY HANNAH LEAVITT, President Judge, HONORABLE RENÉE COHN JUBELIRER, Judge, HONORABLE PATRICIA A. McCULLOUGH, Judge, HONORABLE ANNE E. COVEY, Judge, HONORABLE MICHAEL H. WOJCIK, Judge, HONORABLE CHRISTINE FIZZANO CANNON, Judge, HONORABLE ELLEN CEISLER, Judge.


The issue in this case is whether certain ordinances enacted by the City of Pittsburgh (City) encroach into the area of firearm regulation and, therefore, are preempted by section 6120(a) of the Pennsylvania Uniform Firearms Act (UFA), 18 Pa.C.S. § 6120(a),3 which prohibits a county...

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