Sorry, Honey..
Posted on 09/26/2014 8:36:19 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek overstepped his authority in revoking the gun permit of an Iraq war veteran who police say represented a possible danger to himself or others, a judge ruled Friday. The judge ordered Stanek to reinstate the vet’s permit to carry a gun.
The case could have broad implications about how veterans in crisis are treated by law enforcement and about how much authority a sheriff may have in revoking permits to carry weapons.
At one point, Bloomington police became so concerned about the man, a Marine Corps veteran who served in Iraq from 2004 to 2005, that they took him to Fairview Southdale Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. They also confiscated his weapons, which included several handguns and a shotgun.
A doctor released the man after determining he wasn’t a threat, diagnosing him only with a contusion, wrist pain, “situational stress” and “impulsive behavior.” But Bloomington police refused to return his weapons, and the sheriff’s department revoked his permit.
The case involves Bloomington resident and honorably discharged vet Steven Eid, who suffers from chronic pain and other medical ailments from his service as a helicopter mechanic in the Marines.
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Good news.
Active Duty/Retiree ping.
Sheriff didn’t pass muster.
Why don’t these LEOs concentrate on the thugs and illegal aliens, and let the conscientious citizens alone? Dollars to dog biscuits much of this Marine vet’s unrelieved pain problems stem from half-assed, or non-existant treatment from the VA. That MAY have been why the trouble erupted while he was AT the VA; he may have gotten a bit “firm” in stating his dissatisfaction with the lousey unhelpful service he got from the VA, and the kneejerk response was to treat him like a criminal.
Good to know the sheriff obeys the commands of the court. /s
Oh boy. He can take out a gun permit. Where is that specified in the Second Amendment?
Only conservatives have to obey the courts and only Marxist judges like Bader-Ginsburg need to be obeyed APPARENTLY
F&M is a rat’s nest of liberalism, as in democRAT’s. So is their mouthpiece, Terry Madonna. He’s smooth and suave in his always putting the Rs in a bad light, and the Ds in the best possible one. While Wolf probably does appear to have a substantial lead, neither F&M nor Terry Madonna are ever going to be the go-to source for me to find out.
Minnesota is a cesspool of Jihadist and these ass hats are concerned with a veteran!!!
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