A court ruled on Thursday that a Harrisburg city ordinance allowing the mayor to place restrictions on firearm use and possession during a state of emergency can be challenged even if those parts of the ordinance have never been enforced.
Joshua First, Howard Bullock and Michelle Stolfer, who either lived in or visited Harrisburg during any of the city’s four most recent emergency declarations, have grounds to challenge the ordinance in court, per the order signed by the Commonwealth Court.
The emergency ordinance in question allowed the mayor to declare a state of emergency and choose whether to implement a series of restrictions on the sale, transfer and display of firearms and ammunition in the city…