"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."
Posted on 03/05/2012 10:52:47 AM PST by Bill Buckner
BELLEVUE, Wash., March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- A federal court ruling in Maryland, that the Second Amendment right to bear arms extends beyond the home and that citizens may not be required to offer a "good and substantial reason" for obtaining a concealed carry permit, is a huge victory, the Second Amendment Foundation said today.
Ruling in the case of Woollard v. Sheridan - a case brought by SAF in July 2010 on behalf of Maryland resident Raymond Woollard, who was denied his carry permit renewal - the U.S. District Court for Maryland ruled that "The Court finds that the right to bear arms is not limited to the home."
U.S. District Court Judge Benson Everett Legg noted, "In addition to self-defense, the (Second Amendment) right was also understood to allow for militia membership and hunting. To secure these rights, the Second Amendment's protections must extend beyond the home: neither hunting nor militia training is a household activity, and 'self-defense has to take place wherever [a] person happens to be.'"
"This is a monumentally important decision," said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. "The federal district court has carefully spelled out the obvious, that the Second Amendment does not stop at one's doorstep, but protects us wherever we have a right to be. Once again, SAF's attorney in this case, Alan Gura, has won an important legal victory. He was the attorney who argued the landmark Heller case, and he represented SAF in our Supreme Court victory in McDonald v. City of Chicago."
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Great news! But here in the unFree State they have a habit of dragging out/neutering things like this.
I hope it sticks, though. Then we may finally catch up with the rest of the country.
Good job, SAF.
I’ve seen Turkeys fly - no Joke. I was on the outskirts of Sacramento last year, walking out to my car at a Hilton Hotel. There was a turkey in the parking lot. When He saw me, he took off into the trees!
Wild turkeys are capable of flight. Domestic ones are not.
Now back to the article. Mr. Gura, please come to Illinois. We need you desperately.
Great! Maybe now I can actually bring my weapon when I pull reserve duty at Andrews!
"A citizen may not be required to offer a 'good and substantial reason' why he should be permitted to exercise his rights,"WOW! Judge, you ROCK!Judge Legg wrote. "The right's existence is all the reason he needs."
Good day for the 2nd Amendment. This and Colorado.
Wild turkeys are capable of flight. Domestic ones are not.
Yes, ask Les Nesmond!
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."
Alan Gura has a case pending in Illinois.
Perhaps, our US Constitution and the Bill of Rights that protects us will again start to have meaning.
It is a good start.
Kudos to Judge Legg !
This is awesome. I hope NJ takes notice, but knowing those maroons, they’ll probably just think of even more dumb reasons to stonewall what will eventually be the law of the land. Does anyone know Judge Legg’s rulings other controversial cases? I’m just wondering how he’d pass the litmus test to become a judge for the SCOTUS.
Absent removal (one way or another) of the traitor maggot in the whitehut, you'd be wise not to hold your breath.
There needs to be some sort of punishment for those who willingly trample the 2A.
Good news!
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
...RICO...deprivation of rights under color of law...
Perfect timing for this (new) Marylander...going to a gun show in VA on Saturday.
Very interesting times!
Be Ever Vigilant!
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