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  • GOA's Message Goes Nationwide Following Yesterday's Supreme Court Hearing

    03/20/2008 9:16:44 AM PDT · by kimber · 23 replies · 819+ views
    GunOwners.org ^ | 19 March 2008 | Larry Pratt
    Gun owners had their day in court on Tuesday, when the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the DC v. Heller case, which involves a challenge to the DC gun ban. Absent some world-shaking surprise, it is pretty clear that there are five votes on the Supreme Court to declare that the Second Amendment is an individual right. That fact alone should be enough to settle the argument over gun control and protect gun owners' rights. But as we all know, that's where the battle over the meaning of the Second Amendment begins. More to the point, Justice John...
  • b>Crawford County man charged by ATF; court papers sealed</b><br>

    04/01/2004 10:19:16 AM PST · by Crawford Co Libertarian · 51 replies · 391+ views
    Erie (PA) Times-News ^ | 3/26/2004 | JOHN BARTLETT
    State police and federal agents blocked Williamson Road while searching the gun shop of Darrell Sivik. (JACK HANRAHAN/Erie Times-News) By JOHN BARTLETT john.bartlett@timesnews.com MEADVILLE: A Crawford County gun dealer known for his outspoken criticism of government power was arrested on firearm violations Thursday after heavily armed federal agents raided his West Mead home and adjacent business. Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives served a search warrant and took self-proclaimed "patriotic, Christian American" Darrell Sivik into custody at about 9 a.m. He was arraigned at about 4 p.m. in Erie before Federal Magistrate Susan Paradise Baxter....
  • Police balk at firearm policy

    09/10/2002 7:46:54 AM PDT · by Leisler · 14 replies · 273+ views
    The Cape Cod Times ^ | 9/10/02 | Paula Peters, staff
    FALMOUTH - A police officer's right to carry a firearm - and who sanctions that right - is the subject of a legal dispute that has left an officer's career in the balance. Falmouth Police Chief David Cusolito says he is asserting his authority to continue the policy of at least three chiefs before him that requires all officers to have a state-issued license to carry a firearm. But Falmouth patrolmen say they have an intrinsic right to carry a gun by virtue of their badge, a right also sanctioned by state law. They say there has never been an...