PITTSBURGH — The mayor of this city, Bill Peduto, in relatively short order will likely pass an anti-gun bill with the support of most of city council. It is a Democratic city in a Democratic county run overwhelmingly by Democratic machine politics, so that part is not noteworthy. What is noteworthy is that it is blatantly against the law.

Peduto knows it, Councilman Corey O’Connor, who introduced the legislation knows it, and they have bluntly said to anyone in shouting distance they don’t care. Why? Because they believe they have the moral authority to break the law. So they will.