Whitehall Council Revises Local Firearms Law
The borough's former ordinance was not in accordance with state law.
Whitehall Borough's local law regulating firearms has been changed, as the Whitehall Council unanimously altered its ordinance on Wednesday night, no longer deeming it to be illegal to carry guns in the borough. The borough's former ordinance was preempted by a Pennsylvania-wide law that states, "No county, municipality or township may in any manner regulate the lawful ownership, possession, transfer or transportation of firearms, ammunition or ammunition components when carried or transported for purposes not prohibited by the laws of this Commonwealth." Up until Wednesday, Whitehall's local ordinance regulating firearms stated, "It shall be illegal for any person in the borough to have in his possession, except within his own domicile, …
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MSgt. John DeLallo
10:18 am on Sunday, March 3, 2013
Chris--you are correct with one very notable exception. Open Carry in a city of the First Class requires a License to Carry Firearms. Pennsylvania has one such city, Philadelphia. If you open carry in Philadelphia, you ARE going to get rousted and hassled. See Fiorino v City of Philadelphia and several YouTube clips on the subject. more ›