Guess that state: Banning "deceptively colored" (pink!) guns

[ELB]

Nassau County, on Long Island, New York, enacted an ordinance which bans handguns in non-traditional colors, such as pink. The ordinance declares such firearms to be “deceptively colored.”

On December 28, the Appellate Division, Second Department (the intermediate court of appeals) ruled 4–0 that the Nassau ban is ...

Go RTWT at the Volokh post by Kopel

Case here: Chwikc v Mulvey

[USA1]

*moan*

[RPB]

but ......... they were donating to Susan Komen breast cancer for every pink one sold ......

Komen foundation gave some money to Planned Parenthood for Breast Cancer Awareness education

Conclusion:
This law fails to be "equal protection under the law" Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution as it discriminates against females.

[baldeagle]

Was there any doubt that Mayor Bloomberg is an idiot?

[OldSchool]

Good gravy, that is so STUPID!!!

[ELB]

Y'all did follow the link and find out that the ordinance was tossed out in court via state pre-emption, right?

[ELB]

Oh, and keep in mind that Nassau county is where the District Attorney forbids anyone in his office from possessing a handgun or apply for a handgun permit as a condition of employment.

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[philip964]

I thought you couldn't have a gun in New York anyway. So the gun you can't own, now can't be pink.

[Oldgringo]

Was there any doubt that Mayor Bloomberg is an idiot?

Mayor Bloomberg and his ilk do not elect themselves. They are elected by idiots who vote and who breed more idiots.

[terryg]

Darn it! I was wrong. I guessed Kalifornia!!

[Cobra Medic]

Was there any doubt that Mayor Bloomberg is an idiot?

Mayor Bloomberg and his ilk do not elect themselves. They are elected by idiots who vote and who breed more idiots.

Who is the bigger idiot? The parasite or the host that doesn't remove the parasite?

[PappaGun]

Mayor Bloomberg and his ilk do not elect themselves. They are elected by idiots who vote and who breed more idiots.

But you can bet they voted for themselves.

[i8godzilla]

I read the article and IMHO the ruling goes way further than overturning the "Pink Handgun" issue.

"If each of New York’s 62 counties enacted ordinances that placed additional restrictions on licenses, as the amended ordinance effectively does, the uniformity in firearm licensing that the Legislature intended would be destroyed.”

The 4-0 ruling indicates (to me) that the preemption of state hand gun laws is not permissible.

http://www.nycourts.gov/reporter/3dseri ... _09911.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Under the doctrine of conflict preemption, a local law is preempted by a State law when a "right or benefit is expressly given . . . by [] State law which has then been curtailed or taken away by the local law"

So what does this do to NYC's litany of hand gun laws?

[RoyGBiv]

Who is the bigger idiot? The parasite or the host that doesn't remove the parasite?

Exactly...

And..

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/03 ... mberg.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[hirundo82]

So what does this do to NYC's litany of hand gun laws?

NYC has always had a special status in New York firearms laws. For example, handgun permits issued in the rest of the state do not allow carry in NYC, and rifles and shotguns require a permit to own in NYC but not in the rest of New York.