Bloomberg wants ban on Second Amendment references
Why does Michael Bloomberg hate our rights?:
Lawyers for Mayor Bloomberg are asking a judge to ban any reference to the Second Amendment during the upcoming trial of a gun shop owner who was sued by the city. While trials are often tightly choreographed, with lawyers routinely instructed to not tell certain facts to a jury, a gag order on a section of the Constitution would be an oddity.It is profound to insinuate that the Bill of Rights has no place in a courtroom inside the United States. Bloomberg has precedent though, thanks to the Bush Administration effectively dismissing most of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
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The trial, set to begin May 27, involves a Georgia gun shop, Adventure Outdoors, which the city alleges is responsible for a disproportionate number of the firearms recovered from criminals in New York City. The gun store’s owner, Jay Wallace, says his store abides by Georgia and federal regulations and takes steps to avoid selling firearms to gun traffickers. Mr. Wallace’s store is one of 27 out-of-state gun shops sued by New York City, and the first to go to trial.City lawyers, in a motion filed Tuesday, asked the judge, Jack Weinstein of U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, to preclude the store’s lawyers from arguing that the suit infringed on any Second Amendment rights belonging to the gun store or its customers. In the motion, the lawyer for the city, Eric Proshansky, is also seeking a ban on “any references” to the amendment.
“Any references by counsel to the Second Amendment or analogous state constitutional provisions are likewise irrelevant,” the brief states.
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What else can you expect from a state that gave us the Sullivan Act,Billary Clinton, Al Sharpton,Charles Rangle Chuck Shumer Wall Street and the home of the most liberal new media in the nation and a plethoria of other stupidity. Now now I'm not saying everyone from New York is stupid so don't get'em in a wad. I mean have you ever heard of any saying " I can't wait till I retire and can move up to New York City." duh
Posted by: Don | May 13, 2008 06:24 PM