Amicus Brief to be Filed in Gun Free School Zone Case

AmmoLand ^ | October 10, 2024 | Dean Weingarten

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At the Gun Rights Policy Conference in San Diego in 2024, this correspondent spoke to lawyers about challenges to the Gun Free School Zone (GFSZ) Act. Michel & Associates have maintained an exceptional presence in Second Amendment lawsuits aimed at restoring the Second Amendment.

Michel & Associates has filed an amicus brief (friend of the court) in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals GFSZ case. When asked about the GFSZ case in Montana, C.D. Michel asked for the particulars. The next morning, Konstadinos T. Moros, who is an attorney at Michel & Associates, informed me he will be filing an amicus brief in the Billings Montana GFSZ case.  The case, USA v Metcalf, is being appealed in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Michel & Associates will be representing the California Rifle and Pistol Association, the Second Amendment Law Center, the Second Amendment Foundation, and Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus. More organizations or individuals may be added by the time the brief is filed. Moros explained the amicus briefs are due in November of 2024 for the Ninth Circuit case.

The brief will likely be similar to the amicus brief filed on July 19, 2024, in the USA v Allam case in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The Constitutional issues in both cases are similar. The facts of the cases are considerably different.

Gabriel Metcalf is an exemplary citizen with no criminal record. He moved to Billings to help his aging mother. He was attacked by a neighbor who was subsequently found guilty of assault and violating a restraining order. Gabriel was repeatedly assured by local law enforcement officials that his actions were within his rights, as the officials attempted to persuade him not to exercise

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The Gun Free School Zone Act of 1996 has to be one of the most obviously unconstitutional statutes. It makes travel with a firearm for self defense virtually impossible without breaking the law.

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Is it too much to ask WHAT Metcalf’s actions were? And before anyone jumps all over me, yes, I did read the whole article and I still don’t know what ACTION Metcalf took!!

“”Gabriel Metcalf is an exemplary citizen with no criminal record. He moved to Billings to help his aging mother. He was attacked by a neighbor who was subsequently found guilty of assault and violating a restraining order. Gabriel was repeatedly assured by local law enforcement officials that his actions were within his rights, as the officials attempted to persuade him not to exercise those rights. Gabriel and his mother live across the street from a local school, which may be a useful distinction.””

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He stepped onto the sidewalk outside his home while carrying his .410 single shot shotgun.

His home is across the street from a school.

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I missed that in the article? I read that article twice....

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This is about the tenth article in the series on the GFSZ case in Billings, Montana.

They have all been posted here on freerepublic.

I answered your question from memory. There are links to the previous articles in this article.

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Thank you...Good memory - wish I could say the same but after all the years of soaking up the news on our declining country, I have problems storing all the information.