Showing posts with label Firearms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Firearms. Show all posts
Sunday, December 10, 2023

2nd Circuit: NY Ban on Firearms in Places of Worship Violates Free Exercise Rights

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  Antonyuk v. Chiumento ,  (2d Cir., Dec. 8, 2023), is a 261-page opinion upholding in part and rejecting in many other respects constitutio...
Friday, June 30, 2023

Court Refuses To Enjoin New York's Ban On Firearms In Places of Worship

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In Goldstein v. Hochul , (SD NY, June 28, 2023), a New York federal district court refused to issue a preliminary injunction in a challenge ...
Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Some Charges Against Tree of Life Synagogue Shooter Are Dismissed

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United States v. Bowers ,  (WD PA, Dec. 15, 2022), involves the prosecution of the defendant who is charged with killing 11 people in 2018 a...
Friday, November 04, 2022

Suit Challenges New York Ban on Firearms in Houses of Worship

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Suit was filed this week in a New York federal district court challenging the constitutionality of New York's ban on carrying firearms i...
Sunday, October 23, 2022

NY Gun Ban at Places of Worship Violates 2nd Amendment

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In Hardaway v. Nigrelli ,  (WD NY, Oct. 20, 2022), a New York federal district court issued a temporary restraining order barring enforcemen...
Tuesday, October 04, 2022

Court Rejects Religious Defense To Illegal Possession Of Firearm Charges

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In United States v. Harper ,  (ND IA, Sept. 30, 2022), an Iowa federal district court refused to dismiss indictments charging defendant with...
Friday, September 30, 2022

Jewish Plaintiffs Challenge New York's Ban On Firearms In Places of Worship Or Religious Observation

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Suit was filed yesterday in a New York federal district court challenging the constitutionality of recently enacted New York Penal Law §265....
Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Muslim Woman Sues Gun Range For Religious Discrimination

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A religious discrimination suit was filed yesterday in a Missouri federal district court against a "faith, family and freedom" bas...
Saturday, September 05, 2020

Church Says Signage Required To Exclude Guns Burdens Free Speech

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Suit was filed in a Texas federal district court earlier this week by a Unitarian Church (and another plaintiff) challenging a Texas law tha...
Tuesday, May 19, 2020

RFRA Defense Rejected In Possession of Firearms Case

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Inner City Press reports on a sentencing decision handed down yesterday in a New York federal district court in U.S. v. Cruz. The trial co...
Tuesday, February 05, 2019

Victims of Mass Church Shooting Can Sue Seller of Weapon

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AP reports that a Texas state trial court judge has ruled that the victims of a 2017 mass shooting in a Sutherland Springs (TX) church can m...
Friday, May 04, 2018

Oklahoma Legislature Passes 10 Commandments and "Stand Your Ground" In Church Laws

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This week, the Oklahoma legislature sent two bills to Gov. Mary Fallin for her signature.  HB 2177  authorizes the display of the Ten Comman...
Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Mississippi Governor Signs Church Protection Act

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Last Friday (April 15) Mississippi Governor signed into law H.B. 786, the Mississippi Church Protection Act ( full text ) ( legislative hist...
Monday, October 26, 2015

Amish Man Sues Challenging Photo ID Requirement To Buy Firearms

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Under 18 USC 922(t)(1)(c) (part of the Brady Bill), in order to purchase a firearm an individual must present the seller with a valid ident...
Friday, March 21, 2014

Georgia Legislature Allows Guns In Churches That Want Them; Reduces Penalty For Carrying In Other Churches

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As it wound up its legislative session, the Georgia General Assembly yesterday gave last minute final passage to  HB 60 as amended  which ex...
Wednesday, March 05, 2014

Kentucky Baptists Use Second Amendment Themes To Reach the Unchurched

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The Louisville Courier Journal last week reported on the Kentucky Baptist Convention's (KBC) effort to reach unchurched men through &quo...