Omaha Iowa BSL Update
The American Pit Bull Rescue Association has stated it will file suit against Council Bluffs if it enacts a pit bull ban:
An Omaha-based pit bull association has threatened to take legal action against the city of Council Bluffs if it enacts a ban against pit bulls.
According to a letter faxed to The Daily Nonpareil, the American Pit Bull Rescue Association cites the 14th Amendment’s prohibition against the state deriving residents of property without equal protection and due process as the basis for why a ban would be unconstitutional.
In addition, the group said a ban is only treating the symptoms without getting to the source of the problem.
Update: Apparently, I need to get out west more. All the stories I read about this issue came from Omaha news sources. Therefore, I assumed Council Bluffs was a suburb of Omaha. It’s actually in Iowa. Go figure.
May 24th, 2004 at 10:08 am
Sounds like a “hail Mary” to me. I take it Iowa has no law against BSL?
May 24th, 2004 at 10:19 am
It doesn’t appear they do.