From the Firearms Policy Coalition . . .
Firearms Policy CoalitionΒ (FPC) and its FPC Law team announced the filing of a new federal Second Amendment lawsuit,Β Francisco v. Cooke, challenging New Jerseyβs unconstitutional restrictions and local practices that prevent residents from exercising their right to carry loaded handguns in public for self-defense. The complaint can be found atΒ FPCLegal.org.
The lawsuit was filed by New York-based firm Joshpe Mooney Paltzik LLP on behalf of Daniel Francisco, the president of advocacy organization Blue Star Union, a councilman for Englishtown, New Jersey and former Executive Director at Project Veritas, as well as Ori Katzin, the co-owner of a local interior design firm, a former member of the Israeli Defense Forces, and a certified firearms instructor.
Katzin alleges in the complaint that he was attacked in an assault caught on camera and documented with police authorities. In spite of their legal eligibility to possess firearms and desire to carry handguns for self-defense, Francisco and Katzin were both denied a permit by New Jersey local police officials and judges, who are named as defendants in the case, along with state officials.
Edward Paltzik, an attorney for the firm representing FPC, said, βFor far too long, New Jersey has systematically denied law-abiding citizens their Second Amendment right to protect themselves outside of their homes by imposing arbitrary and unconstitutional requirements. Especially with violent crime on the rise, this scheme allowing government officials to deny people the right to self-defense must end.β
New Jersey law makes it a crime for law-abiding individuals to carry a loaded handgun outside of the home unless they have been issued a permit to carry a handgun, thus denying them their right to bear arms. State law requires permit applicants to demonstrate a βjustifiable need,β among other requirements.
Daniel Franciso stated in his βLetter of Needβ as part of his permit applications that, βI wish to carry a loaded, operable handgun on my person for self-defense and for all other lawful purposes outside my home and in other public places.β His application was denied by his townβs chief of police, Peter S. Cooke, Kr., and Judge Lourdes Lucas on the basis that he failed to demonstrate βjustifiable needβ to carry a handgun outside his home.
Ori Katzin, who has received extensive civilian and military training in the use of firearms, received a denial on his carry permit application in August 2018 despite detailing how he is βunder substantial threat of unjustifiable serious bodily harm.β
The lawsuit states that βdue to the onerous nature of Defendantsβ Regulatory Scheme, only a tiny fraction of a percent of New Jersey citizens are able to obtain permits to carry handguns, and indeed, most people simply never apply at all because it is well known throughout the State that the βjustifiable needβ standard effectively renders the process an exercise in futility for all ordinary law-abiding citizens, thus further chilling and denying exercise of the right.β
Individuals that are interested in joining FPC in the fight against tyranny can become a member of the FPC Grassroots Army for just $25 atΒ JoinFPC.org.
Firearms Policy Coalition and its FPC Law team are the nationβs next-generation advocates leading the Second Amendment litigation and research space. Some FPC legal actions include:
- A challenge to New York Cityβs ban on handgun carry (Greco v. New York City)
- AΒ merits-stage Supreme Court briefΒ providing the justices with the English history of the right to bear arms in support of a challenge to New Yorkβs unconstitutional βmay issueβ scheme
- A challenge to the federal ban on the sale of handguns and handgun ammunition to adults under 21 years of age (Reese v. ATF)
- A challenge to Marylandβs ban on so-called βassault weaponsβ (Bianchi v. Frosh)
- A challenge to Californiaβs ban on so-called βassault weaponsβ (Miller v. Bonta) that resulted in a post-trial judgment and permanent injunction against the challenged regulations, the first such victory in United States history
- A challenge to Californiaβs handgun βrosterβ, microstamping, and self-manufacturing ban laws (Renna v. Bonta)
- A challenge to Californiaβs firearm purchase rationing ban (1-in-30 day limit) (Nguyen v. Bonta)
- A challenge to Minnesotaβs ban on handgun carry by adults under 21 (Worth v. Harrington)
- A challenge to Illinoisβ ban on handgun carry by adults under 21 (Meyer v. Raoul)
- A challenge to Georgia’s ban on handgun carry by adults under 21 (Baughcum v. Jackson)
- A challenge to Tennesseeβs ban on handgun carry by adults under 21 (Basset v. Slatery)
- A challenge to Marylandβs ban on handgun carry (Call v. Jones)
- A challenge to Pennsylvaniaβs ban on handgun carry by adults under 21 (Lara v. Evanchick)
For more on these cases and other legal action initiatives, visitΒ FPCLegal.orgΒ and follow FPC onΒ Instagram,Β Twitter,Β Facebook,Β YouTube.
Most cool.
Stuff the lawsuit pipeline full of challenges to that kind of bullshit, and maybe the SCotUS will grant cert. on one of them…
“Quiet, fool!”
No! π
He forgot to grease the palms.
Anybode is better as the nra if it comes to the points of groups as gun owners of america ore FPCΓΆ.
The nra only can repeat the mistake white nfa act and hughes adment again if you watched bump stocks.
Forget the corrupt rhino !!
Say it again in English.
Of course it was NRA, via state org NYSRPA, Tom King, President, NRA Board member, who pressed yesterday’s SCOTUS decision, so…
NFA? 1934?
Shoot, man, why stop there?
Wyatt Earp made the cowboys in Tombstone turn in their guns when they came to town, that was around 1879. NRA was founded in 1871. Blame them for that, too.
Keep up the good fight…
I wear a diaper on my head and No you cant have a gunm.
The Garbage State
Having a diaper on your head is a marsupial occupational hazard. It’s caused by rooting around in dumpsters and landfills.
Yeah, but the really tasty goodies are on the bottom of the dumpster… π
Geoff the disgusting Pervert here is a jizz dumpster for wayward truckers π€£π€‘! Gulp gulp ma-fu*ka.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1SluSC5JtE
Clearly, Geoff wields great power. π
“Clearly, Geoff wields great power. π”
Yes, I do! And it is a rush! π
Watch me make the stupid dance like a puppet on a string!
Dance, PeeGee! Dance, little boy! π
New Jersey and Massachusetts — where pro-2A lawsuits go to die.
β¦and this glorified notary public knows what it is to have lawsuits get kicked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5iqYuFmzqg
Mr. Ing, I do believe Ralph’s troll is the same as ours.
The very same whiny, sniveling little sh!t… π
The NRA will be there if it succeeds to show their support. You betcha. Can’t wait.
This is pretty cool, but it’s about like the Russians declaring war on the Japanese after we dropped a couple A Bombs on them.
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