Federal judge issues order allowing Mass. gun shops to reopen

Started by Solar, May 09, 2020, 04:02:51 PM

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A federal judge on Thursday ordered that gun shops across Massachusetts can reopen this weekend, ruling that Governor Charlie Baker's decision to shutter them along with thousands of other "nonessential" businesses infringed on people's Second Amendment rights.

The decision from US District Judge Douglas P. Woodlock marked a rare rebuke of Baker and the broad emergency powers he's wielded to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, during which he's also shut down school buildings and required millions of people to wear face coverings if they can't distance themselves from others.

But Woodlock said Baker's inclusion of firearm retailers among those businesses ordered to close — and his lack of a public explanation for why — created an "improper burden."

"There's no justification here," Woodlock said during a two-hour virtual hearing, arguing he doesn't see a fit "between the goals of the emergency declared by the Commonwealth and the burdening of the constitutional rights of the defendants in this narrow area."

"I have enough information to say, in this very small corner of this emergency, we don't surrender our constitutional rights," the judge said. "These plaintiffs . . . have constitutional rights that deserve respect and vindication. And it becomes necessary for a court to do that."

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/07/nation/federal-judge-says-he-will-issue-order-allowing-mass-gun-shops-re-open/?event=event25
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Quote from: Solar on May 09, 2020, 04:02:51 PM
A federal judge on Thursday ordered that gun shops across Massachusetts can reopen this weekend, ruling that Governor Charlie Baker's decision to shutter them along with thousands of other "nonessential" businesses infringed on people's Second Amendment rights.

The decision from US District Judge Douglas P. Woodlock marked a rare rebuke of Baker and the broad emergency powers he's wielded to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, during which he's also shut down school buildings and required millions of people to wear face coverings if they can't distance themselves from others.

But Woodlock said Baker's inclusion of firearm retailers among those businesses ordered to close — and his lack of a public explanation for why — created an "improper burden."

"There's no justification here," Woodlock said during a two-hour virtual hearing, arguing he doesn't see a fit "between the goals of the emergency declared by the Commonwealth and the burdening of the constitutional rights of the defendants in this narrow area."

"I have enough information to say, in this very small corner of this emergency, we don't surrender our constitutional rights," the judge said. "These plaintiffs . . . have constitutional rights that deserve respect and vindication. And it becomes necessary for a court to do that."

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/07/nation/federal-judge-says-he-will-issue-order-allowing-mass-gun-shops-re-open/?event=event25
This is a great example of how Americans and our rights are winning. We have a conservative supreme court, Trump has put over 150 judges on the bench, people are waking up and seeing that the left does not protect their rights, conservatives do. These are great time to be watching politics.

Solar

Quote from: Possum on May 09, 2020, 05:28:35 PM
This is a great example of how Americans and our rights are winning. We have a conservative supreme court, Trump has put over 150 judges on the bench, people are waking up and seeing that the left does not protect their rights, conservatives do. These are great time to be watching politics.
This should put a smile on your face. :thumbsup:

https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1259258305177956353
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Quote from: Solar on May 09, 2020, 06:58:36 PM
This should put a smile on your face. :thumbsup:

https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1259258305177956353

My most fervent hope is that voters will realize that the effects of this kind of constitutional breach can have drastic consequences for ALL Americans. And that they remember WHO they vote for has a direct impact on our Judicial Branch.

Solar

Quote from: WMK on May 10, 2020, 03:43:24 AM
My most fervent hope is that voters will realize that the effects of this kind of constitutional breach can have drastic consequences for ALL Americans. And that they remember WHO they vote for has a direct impact on our Judicial Branch.
Yes I absolutely agree.
I'm thinking more people see the left in an entirely different light than they did 3 years ago, 2 years ago, a year ago, but most importantly, just in the last week.
The GOP has not risen with favor in my eyes nor will it till the scum are purged, but more and more libs see the problem was with both party's involved, most never once considered it was their own party, in my book this is huge.
Govt is no ones friend and our Reps have sold us out, but when the left tried a coup against a sitting elected President, I think even the most perfervid lib will stop and look at what they've been supporting.
It's almost as if the DNC is trying to lose come Nov. :biggrin:
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