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Old February 26, 2013, 09:46 PM   #51
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I've been saying this for a while. Not so much for New York, but for Chicago. I fear the Chicago political leaders will think a few police-action shootings of gun owners will scare us into not exercising the right. What I don't get is if 400 bad-aim cops fire on 2,000 typically pretty good citizen gun owners, how is this not another Battle of New Orleans? And how does such an exchange not collapse the U.S. dollar and markets, the very next morning, when the rest of the world no longer fears U.S. hegemony?
You fear the CPD starting a civil war over a new law they don't like?

...I don't feel anyone tugging on my leg, which is odd, considering that post.
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Old February 26, 2013, 11:26 PM   #52
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Chicago Police routinely shoot and kill people, then they say the person had a dark object in their hand, the object turns out to be a cell phone.

It's happened many times but people in Chicago haven't stopped carrying cell phones.
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Old February 26, 2013, 11:34 PM   #53
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Chicago Police routinely shoot and kill people, then they say the person had a dark object in their hand, the object turns out to be a cell phone....
If you're going to make claims like that, you need to provide evidence.
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Old February 27, 2013, 01:38 AM   #54
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I found one instance of this, it seems it is hardly a trend. Stating that this happens routinely strains credulity.

http://articles.chicagobreakingnews....e-morning-shot

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1...y-officer.html
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Old February 27, 2013, 09:32 AM   #55
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I found one instance of this, it seems it is hardly a trend. Stating that this happens routinely strains credulity.

http://articles.chicagobreakingnews....e-morning-shot

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1...y-officer.html
And there's the Diallo case in New York. But there the officers involved were acquitted of manslaughter based on their claim of self defense.

Things like that happen. And that's indeed a long way from (emphasis added) --
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Chicago Police routinely...
And sometimes a use of force (by a cop or by a private citizen) will work out to be justified when the belief of a threat was reasonable, even if mistaken.
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Old February 27, 2013, 12:22 PM   #56
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While I completely understand that sometimes human perception collides with sets of facts to create tragic mistakes, I can't think of a single instance where a non-LE got that same benefit of the doubt. Just saying.

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And sometimes a use of force (by a cop or by a private citizen) will work out to be justified when the belief of a threat was reasonable, even if mistaken.
ETA: I just realized how far afield this this has gone. My apologies for contributing to the veer.

Also, I want to express my sympathy to Gray, who, for better or worse, has spent enormous energy, and time (and money, I presume) to attempt to further gun rights. Whatever disagreements some may have with the strategy, I do believe it was thoughtful and well-intended. And, for all we know, it may well be vindicated in the end. That is certainly my hope.

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Old March 8, 2013, 04:27 PM   #57
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Peterson petition for rehearing filed

and order of the court ordering a response. Both attached.
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File Type: pdf Petersen.petitionforrehearing.pdf (227.6 KB, 19 views)
File Type: pdf peterson.order.rehearingbrief.pdf (38.9 KB, 21 views)
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Old March 8, 2013, 05:19 PM   #58
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Excellent brief. I wish Gray success.

I did catch a few typos/grammatical errors:

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Like the plaintiffs in Moore, Peterson “is a good deal more
likely to be attacked on a sidewalk in a rough neighborhood” than in Denver
than in his friends’ homes where he stays while in Denver. Moore, slip op.
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Neither Colorado nor Denver made, “a greater showing of justification that the public might benefit on balance from such a curtailment” as to Peterson['s] right to bear arms.
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[Woollard v. Sheridan, No. L-10-2068 (D.Md., Decided March 2, 2012),
appeal pending in the 4th Circuit, ( holding that a requirement for “a good an[d] substantial reason” to obtain a license to carry a firearm concealed where the state bans open carry does not pass rational basis).]

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Old March 8, 2013, 08:58 PM   #59
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We know of at least 3 Judges on the circuit that will not be calling for a vote....
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Old March 9, 2013, 08:06 AM   #60
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And not to mention we'd have to have a Clinton/Obama appointee vote for rehearing. Not impossible, but not likely either. I wonder if a cert grant in Kachalsky changes their mind?
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Old March 9, 2013, 12:13 PM   #61
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We are having this discussion over on MD Shooters as well. Al, this what I said over there. I just do not get this petition:

What I did not see in the petition was a response to this statement in the court's opinion:

Peterson has repeatedly expressed, however, that he is not challenging the Denver ordinance. After Suthers advocated for the constitutionality of the Denver ordinance in his motion for summary judgment, Peterson clarified that he was not arguing that the ordinance is unconstitutional, but that it is Colorado’s “refusal to allow Plaintiff to obtain a CHL that is unconstitutional.” (Slip op. at 18)

That is the heart of the court's opinion as to Denver. The plaintiff cannot both attack and not attack the Denver statute. If the court is correct (and that may be a big "if"), that Peterson did not attack the Denver statute in district corut, then I don't see how the petition can challenge Denver's refusal to allow OC. And if he isn't challenging that refusal to allow OC, that only leaves the attack on Colorado's refusal to give him a non-resident CCW, and the court says it is bound by the Robertson dicta on that. Now you can now say that the Robertson dicta was overruled by Heller and that is a fair argument, but you can not still attack the Denver ordinance that you did not attack in D.Ct. As I understand it, Colorado allows OC without a permit and concealed carry with a permit but allows the CC permit only to residents. Denver, by ordinance that the court says that Peterson did not challenge, bans OC completely and only allows CC with the Colorado permit. So, if, as Peterson says, OC is fine as one alternative, he *must* challenge the Denver ordinance banning open carry. Or he can challenge the State restriction of the CC permit to residents, but the petition does not raise that argument. So it is OC or bust. The court says bust cuz he didn't challenge the Denver ordinance. QED. So where am I wrong in this?
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Old March 9, 2013, 06:35 PM   #62
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The P & I clause was brought up in district court but the ruling stated that claim was also abandoned. Don't know if it can be brought back or not at this stage. Very confusing indeed. Is there any benefit to giving up certain claims along the way?
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Old March 9, 2013, 07:24 PM   #63
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The P&I was not abandoned in the CA -- the court specifically addressed it rejected the argument. And sure, every appellate attorney worth his salt narrows his case on appeal and on rehearing and on cert. If your best argument can't win, you sure can't win with the 2nd best argument. The trick is to know the difference. Which is why some lawyers get paid the big bucks.
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Old March 10, 2013, 01:19 AM   #64
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So, if, as Peterson says, OC is fine as one alternative, he *must* challenge the Denver ordinance banning open carry. Or he can challenge the State restriction of the CC permit to residents, but the petition does not raise that argument. So it is OC or bust. The court says bust cuz he didn't challenge the Denver ordinance. QED. So where am I wrong in this?
Isn't that exactly the requested relief at the top of the original complaint?
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This action, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeks a declaratory judgment that the Colorado statute requiring an applicant for a permit to carry a concealed handgun (“CHL”) to be a resident of the State of Colorado violates the Privileges and Immunities Clause of the Constitution of the United States, the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, together with an appropriate injunction.
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Old March 10, 2013, 01:24 AM   #65
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Yup, and he lost on the merits of the P&I argument. He does not see rehearing on that point.
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