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Judge: Stop enforcing gun laws

HARRISBURG — A judge is ruling that Pennsylvania’s capital city cannot enforce three gun-control ordinances.

Dauphin County Judge Andrew Dowling ruled Wednesday in a lawsuit brought against Harrisburg under a new state law designed to give gun owners and gun rights groups a better chance at dismantling illegal municipal firearms ordinances.

The ruling is a preliminary injunction against the enforcement of city ordinances prohibiting gun possession in parks, during a declared state of emergency and by minors.

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