![]() ![]() When it was first passed, bamboo was only regulated if it grew onto township property or too close to the right-of-way. ![]() “That is exactly what they are regulating - the transfer of firearms - by restricting where a transfer can occur,” Prince said. Lower Merion’s original bamboo ordinance dates back to 2016. Prince says municipalities cannot regulate firearms “in any manner,” including the regulation of the transfer of firearms. ![]() It’s “concerning” said attorney Joshua Prince, who represents the FOAC, when a “government seems to believe that they are somehow above the law.” He says the ordinance restricts people’s civil liberties and constitutes “misdemeanors of the second degree.” When the ordinance passed, Sinai said “ forward, if it comes to that…in defending our right as a municipality to have self-determination in this state.” Township Board of Supervisors President Todd Sinai and Township Manager Ernie McNeely both declined WHYY News’ requests for comment, saying they cannot comment on threatened or actual litigation. The Commonwealth Court sided with the FOAC. The township of over 64,000 residents failed to restrict guns in public parks after it was sued by the same organization (FOAC). LOWER MERIONLower Merion commissioners have paused a plan to advertise a change to its zoning code that would regulate where people holding a federal firearms license can operate in the township. This isn’t the first time Lower Merion has faced litigation over a firearms ordinance. ![]()
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