Posted on 10/03/2008 5:37:37 AM PDT by gieriscm
The ongoing Nordyke case being heard in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has very favorable chances of getting the 2nd/RKBA "incorporated" under the 14th Amendment.
This is the case that brings Heller out from just D.C. This case wpn't just be about California: it's a key step to 'locking in' the 2nd nationally.
Some Law Enforcement associations - or at least their political leadership - will be opposing Incorporation of the 2nd Amendment. We suspect that isn't the position that most line officers, deputies and chiefs actually support.
Thus, in support of the Nordyke appeal, we urgently need members of the following organizations to both ask their organization to withdraw their amicus briefs and also to write letters to the Court of Appeals stating that the organization does not speak for them:
California Peace Officers' Association: 916-263-0541 - cpoa@cpoa.org
California State Sheriffs' Association: 916-375-8000 - cssa@calsheriffs.org
California Police Chiefs' Association: 916-481-8000 - lmcgill@californiapolicechiefs.org
If you are a member of any of these organizations, PLEASE call (as well as email) the organization to ask them to withdraw their amicus brief, and also please write to the Court and tell them that, as a member, you don't support your organization's opposition of Incorporation of an enumerated, fundamental right in the Bill of Rights.
Write to:
U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
RE: Nordyke v. King, No. 07-15763
95 Seventh Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
If you're not a member of these groups, please politely contact your Chief or Sheriff, and also ask a LEO friend to call and write a letter. If they don't want to, ask them why not. We suggest calling and politely speaking to your Chief or Sheriff in the same manner as you'd call legislators in Sacramento about gun bills.
We also ask everyone to call each organization and tell them that you don't appreciate these organizations implicitly supporting the murder of African American elected Judges and Sheriffs by mobs (see US. v. Cruikshank, and The Colfax Massacre) and that you'd appreciate that they take seriously their members' oath to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Let's be heard!
The boys form Calguns,
Gene Hoffman
San Carlos, CA
Bill Wiese
San Jose CA
Nordyke Case Info and Background
ping
This case has been wending its way through the courts for nearly a decade. It has been before the 9th Circuit at least once, and was denied certiorari to the US Supreme Court a few years ago on another basis.
It’s a really fascinating case, overall.
Here is the link to the freerepublic thread:
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