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John Ralston and sheriff tonite sent a note. ralston is a idiot it seems.

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Sent this to him.

Please ask him how many crimes have been solved by the GunBlue Card. How much money and man power does it cost the taxpayers? Why will he not release any of this info?


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It's a state law. Call a legislator.


email him at Jon Ralston <ralstonflash@gmail.com>
 

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Sent this to him.

Please ask him how many crimes have been solved by the GunBlue Card. How much money and man power does it cost the taxpayers? Why will he not release any of this info?


Got this reply

It's a state law. Call a legislator.


email him at Jon Ralston <ralstonflash@gmail.com>


It is a state law as it was codified under pre-emption. That makes it a violation of the US Constitution under equal protection in that the citizens of Clark County have been singled out to have fewer rights than the citizens of the rest of the state by our State Legislature. I think this would be the perfect case for the NRA to pick up and take to court on our behalf. Anone who has had to register would be a qualified litigant. I'm thinking it would be much easier to win this way than fighting it though the legislature. Just my opinion.

TBG
 

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It is a state law as it was codified under pre-emption. That makes it a violation of the US Constitution under equal protection in that the citizens of Clark County have been singled out to have fewer rights than the citizens of the rest of the state by our State Legislature. I think this would be the perfect case for the NRA to pick up and take to court on our behalf. Anone who has had to register would be a qualified litigant. I'm thinking it would be much easier to win this way than fighting it though the legislature. Just my opinion.

TBG

Only in that the state law allowed it, not that it must be done. Clark has kept it on the books because they want to not because they are forced to by state law.
 

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Only in that the state law allowed it, not that it must be done. Clark has kept it on the books because they want to not because they are forced to by state law.

I hear what you're saying but I still think it would fly. State law has pre-empted the choice from every other County and locality. So they have made Clark County government superior to all the other counties within Nevada by giving it the sole exemption and by so doing deniing the residents of Clark County the same rights as the citizens of the rest of the state.

TBG
 

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I agree totally. The media doesn't get it. About a year ago, I heard another news program report the same thing; "...as required by State Law." Registration is a County ordinance not a NRS.

Ralston is another misinformed journalist.

Ralston's reply is and is not accurate. Of course, it is not a state law that requires registration, but it is a state law that allows Clark County to require registration. So, Ralston is right when he says "It's a state law."
 

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However; To vegassteve's questions, (and the letter in another thread) the acountablity of the effectiveness of this county ordinance is squarely on the county/sheriff. So to blow it off to the State level is a cop-out by Ralston.

And Ralston is not right. He said "It's State law".

According to vegassteve...

"Got this reply

It's a state law. Call a legislator."

And, whether the "scheme" has been effective or not, "the State" has authorized Clark County (and it's Sheriff) to register firearms according to the scheme. Not trying to argue any point here, but ultimately it will be "the State" that rectifies this sad state of affairs by amending the statute, not by Clark County (or it's Sheriff) somehow "letting go." That ain't gonna happen. The law DOES need to be changed and that's the "call a legislator" part of the response.
 

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Agreed, it ain't gonna just happen and the NRS needs to be changed. But at the same time, the media and most Nevadans believe it is a State law so the poor 'ol Sheriff gets a pass because, you know, "He's just enforces the laws."

Yeah, I hear you. Even that NLV Police Officer who stopped TL for no helmet "informed" her that firearm registration was a Nevada State law. Ignorance reigns supreme !!!!!! So, what should we do... hire a pilot and plane (or drone ;-) and drop leaflets all over Clark County?
 

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Agreed, it ain't gonna just happen and the NRS needs to be changed. But at the same time, the media and most Nevadans believe it is a State law so the poor 'ol Sheriff gets a pass because, you know, "He's just enforces the laws."

It is state law. It was codified by the state by exempting it from the law that applies to all other counties.
Any way you look at it, there are several paths that can, and should be taken to eliminate it. Try to "reason" with local authorities to get it changed. Ballet initiative. Court action. State legislature. All are worth a try and the more avenues the better.

TBG
 

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Ralston's reply:
It's a state law. Call a legislator.
infuriates me.

As others here have pointed out, Clark County's handgun registration scheme is NOT state law.

State law merely allows the Clark County ordinance to stand (in view of more current preemption law.)

The handgun registration scheme is a Clark County ordinance.
 

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Ralston's reply: infuriates me.

As others here have pointed out, Clark County's handgun registration scheme is NOT state law.

State law merely allows the Clark County ordinance to stand (in view of more current preemption law.)

The handgun registration scheme is a Clark County ordinance.

Infuriated or not... it IS the STATE LAW that allows Clark County to have such an ordinance, is it not? Without such a STATE LAW, there would not be/could not be the Clark County ordinance... plain and simple. Repeal that portion of the STATE LAW that allows such a county ordinance and the county ordinance is rendered null and void... or, as has been suggested, muster a court challenge of that portion of the STATE LAW that violates the 4th Amendment's equal protection clause for all citizens of the state of Nevada. But make no mistake... "It is a state law," just as Ralston has said. I'm not a fan of his, but I think his response is not all that "infuriating." Seems to me it makes more sense in the long run to have the state legislature or the state supreme court put the "death dagger" in this entire issue rather than to just "harp" on Clark County to rescind their ordinance.
 
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A Class action lawsuit? I wonder how big the class is.... anyone want to put some heads together? come up with a plan?

Fourteenth Amendment violation for everyone who has or has had a blue card? Seems that number could be in the 10s of thousands, no? But who's the defendant?... Clark County (they have the ordinance) or the state of Nevada (they set up the "scheme" for Clark County to have such an ordinance), or both? Time and place to meet?
 
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Infuriated or not... it IS the STATE LAW that allows Clark County to have such an ordinance, is it not? Without such a STATE LAW, there would not be/could not be the Clark County ordinance... plain and simple. Repeal that portion of the STATE LAW that allows such a county ordinance and the county ordinance is rendered null and void... or, as has been suggested, muster a court challenge of that portion of the STATE LAW that violates the 4th Amendment's equal protection clause for all citizens of the state of Nevada. But make no mistake... "It is a state law," just as Ralston has said. I'm not a fan of his, but I think his response is not all that "infuriating." Seems to me it makes more sense in the long run to have the state legislature or the state supreme court put the "death dagger" in this entire issue rather than to just "harp" on Clark County to rescind their ordinance.

I think your point is: It is true that IF the legislature had not grandfathered (allowed to stand) the Clark Count handgun registration ordinance, then yes, state preemption would negate/void it.

However, as Steve pointed out, the state law does NOT dictate there must be a handgun registration ordinance in Clark County. The law merely allows the ordinance to stand in wake of state preemption.

So, in view of that, it seems to me that Ralston's statement, "It's a state law" is ridiculous. It sure seems to me that Ralston thinks Clark County's handgun registration ordinance is required by state law - and that simply is not true.

At any rate, I think we all agree that the "grandfather" clause in the law must be repealed - since it the Clark County Commissioners apparently will never do it.
 

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It is state law. It was codified by the state by exempting it from the law that applies to all other counties.
Any way you look at it, there are several paths that can, and should be taken to eliminate it. Try to "reason" with local authorities to get it changed. Ballet initiative. Court action. State legislature. All are worth a try and the more avenues the better.

TBG
NO, the preemption exemption is state law. Registration isn't. Clark County could rescind their statute without requiring state law to change.

Cite to authority; i.e., make a direct reference to the code you feel makes it into state law as opposed to county law.
 
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...Clark County could rescind their statute without requiring state law to change.

Yes, of course they could. And sometime down the road they could come up with another County ordinance of the same or similar requirements, no? It is the STATE law that allows the County to have this ordinance. Without the preemption exception IN the STATE law, there would be NO County ordinance. It's kinda the chicken and the egg thing, but how about let's kill the chicken so we know there won't be any more eggs being laid.
 

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Yes, of course they could. And sometime down the road they could come up with another County ordinance of the same or similar requirements, no? It is the STATE law that allows the County to have this ordinance. Without the preemption exception IN the STATE law, there would be NO County ordinance. It's kinda the chicken and the egg thing, but how about let's kill the chicken so we know there won't be any more eggs being laid.

State law didn't create the code. The County did.

As to the state killing the chicken, that didn't work for other places such as NLV, did it?


The proper place to address it is locally. That is likely to be ineffective.

The effective place to address it is likely to be the state, as the county appears to not desire to give up their codes voluntarily.


That doesn't conflate to 'its a state law.'
 
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