Judge tosses Pittsburgh gun laws passed after massacre

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A judge has struck down gun restrictions that the Pittsburgh City Council imposed after last year’s synagogue massacre.
Allegheny County Judge Joseph James ruled Tuesday that Pittsburgh’s firearms laws are “void and unenforceable” because Pennsylvania state law forbids municipalities from regulating guns.
The gun restrictions were approved in April after a mass shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue that killed 11 worshippers. Courts