Late yesterday, Chief Counsel Joshua Prince of the Firearms Trade Consulting Group (“FICG), a division of Civil Rights Protection Agency, P.C., filed a letter on behalf of Firearm Homeowners In opposition to Crime – Institute for Authorized, Legislative and Instructional Motion (FOAC-ILLEA) with York Metropolis Council concerning its current consideration of an illegal and unconstitutional firearm proposal.
As addressed in FOAC-ILLEA’s letter to Metropolis Council, in direct defiance of the legion of precedent from the Pennsylvania Supreme and Commonwealth Courts, the proposal seeks to ban the discharge of firearms within the metropolis, with restricted exceptions, and the discharge or carrying of firearms, in toto, within the Metropolis throughout a declared state of emergency by the Mayor or an extension of a proclamation of emergency by the Metropolis Council. As our viewers could bear in mind, in Firearm Homeowners In opposition to Crime, et al v. Decrease Merion Township, the Commonwealth Courtroom dominated that discharge provision are preempted underneath Pennsylvania’s firearm and ammunition preemption statutes and simply final week, the Third Circuit Courtroom of Appeals dominated in Lara v. PA State Police Commissioner, 21-1832, 2024 WL 189453 (3d Cir. Jan. 18, 2024), that Pennsylvania’s State of Emergency provision was unconstitutional because it pertains to these between 18 and 21 years of age.
Because the enactment of any such ordinance could be a felony offense, York County District Lawyer David Sunday was copied on the letter to Metropolis Council.
Please be part of me in thanking FOAC-ILLEA for all the time remaining steadfast in its dedication to defending Article 1, Part 21, 18 Pa.C.S. 6120 and the Second Modification. I’d extremely encourage anybody in a monetary place to take action, to donate to FOAC-ILLEA so it could proceed to help essential litigation defending our Rights.
In case your state or federal constitutional rights have been violated, contact FICG immediately to debate your choices.
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With our 2nd Modification rights being attacked at each the Federal and State stage, and the ATF (Burea of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives) making an attempt to shut down FFLs (Federal Firearms Licensees) for minor infractions whereas making FFLs the scapegoat when the ATF’s data are inaccurate, I wish to take this chance to introduce myself. I’m one in every of solely a handful of attorneys throughout the US that practices within the area of interest space of legislation generally known as firearms legislation. I made a decision to pay attention my authorized follow on firearms legislation not solely as a result of I’m a shooter and firearms fanatic, but additionally to make sure that our inalienable Proper to Preserve and Bear Arms isn’t encroached upon.
I deal with circumstances on the Federal and State stage for each FFLs and people. On the federal and state ranges for people, I actively defend the 2nd Modification of the US Structure and Part 21 of the PA Structure, in addition to, assist people with:
– License to Carry Firearms Denials;
– Challenges to Misguided PICS Denials;
– Aid from Firearms Disabilities;
– Property Planning Recommendation;
– Gun/NFA Trusts; and
– 42 USC 1983 Actions for Deprivation of Civil Rights
At each the state and federal ranges, I signify FFLs and SOTs all through Pennsylvania and the US concerning:
– ATF Compliance Inspections;
– Warning Letters and Hearings;
– FFL Revocations;
– Company Construction Recommendation
– Indoor/Out of doors Vary Implementation; and
– Forfeiture Proceedings
In following my love for firearms and firearms legislation, I’ve taught a number of Persevering with Authorized Training (CLE) seminars on Firearms in Estates and Trusts and Firearms Regulation 101 for a number of Bar Associations, together with Berks, Cumberland, and Dauphin Counties. I additionally deliberate and taught a number of Firearms in Estates CLE courses for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI).
Whereas at Widener Regulation College, I used to be a member of the Widener Regulation Journal. I wrote an article on the Inaccuracy of the Nationwide Firearms Registration and Switch File (NFRTR). I additionally had an article printed on Price Disputes in Employees Compensation circumstances within the Widener Regulation Journal, Quantity 18, No. 2.
You may typically discover me posting on a number of web boards, together with Subguns, Uzitalk, AR15, and PAFOA. I additionally maintain PA Firearms Regulation courses for native ranges to tell the general public on the firearm legal guidelines of the Commonwealth.
Following in my father’s footsteps, I’m additionally a Board member for the Pottstown Police Athletic League (PAL).
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