After more than an hour of debate, an amendment by Sen. Richard Alloway (R-Franklin) to House Bill 80 that would allow municipal gun ordinances to be challenged in court by pro-Second Amendment gun rights groups ultimately passed by a vote of 32-16.
According to Sen. Alloway, the amendment would prohibit municipalities from adopting ordinances antithetical to the Second Amendment to the US Constitution and similar provisions in the Pennsylvania Constitution and give standing to membership organizations to challenge the ordinances on behalf of aggrieved members if their rights are violated by the municipality.