In addition to signaling a momentous shift in how the federal government views the constitutional right to keep and bear arms, the DOJ’s participation is particularly meaningful because similar bans are being litigated in other states.
Florida Carry, Inc., as well as other pro-gun groups had lobbied the state legislature for more than 15 years to rescind its ban on open carry, to no avail. Therefore, it was time to try different tactics.
“You have to show the history and tradition for locking a man up for 20 years, and they didn’t even try. You have to address arms before the court. What is before the court right now are not arms. It’s a pile of parts.”
The judge’s remark, perhaps unintentionally, casts aspersions on tens of millions of law-abiding gun owners who own firearms for personal protection and the defense of their families and other loved ones.
Aside from some convoluted exceptions for people going fishing or some such stupidity, the squish-filled legislature has never mustered the political will to move an open carry bill to the Governor’s desk.
Unless Adamiak’s conviction is overturned, the case gives the ATF an incredible amount of power—at a time when even the President of the United States wonders publicly whether they should continue to exist.
A New Hampshire resident legally carrying a gun through one part of the Pheasant Lane mall risks being charged as a felon if they were to visit the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant that’s within Massachusetts borders.
One ATF official told me they were reviewing Adamiak’s case to get a U.S. Attorney to release him from prison. That ATF official is no longer returning calls. I think he was just playing for time and trying to stop us from telling Adamiak’s story.
The ABA’s latest anti-gun effort urges state and local governments to impose “significant civil and criminal” penalties on gun owners or adults in custody or control of a firearm who don’t promptly report the gun’s loss or theft.
Consider the implications of the holding that the parks ban is constitutional because a handful of preschools are on park property. Schools are located in Fairfax County, so by implication firearms can be banned in the entirety of Fairfax County.
