Heller will probably open opportunities with the 2nd amendment.
What I would like people on this forum is to consider 14th amendment or equal protection issues, especially with regards to ccw permits.
We have large groups of people who are discriminated against by state law for no other reason than they where they physically reside.
States like Colorado, Michigan, New Hampshire, and South Carolina do not honor non resident ccw permits.
I am not a lawyer, maybe someone on this forum is and can share some legal wisdom with us.
We have enough people on this forum that we should be able to find people who would have standing.
It would seem that there probably already is case law saying that state governments have to show a compelling need to treat citizens differently.
My understanding is California got nailed by the SCOTUS when it tried to give different welfare benefits to people who just arrived in the state in the early 1990's.
The issue is the cases would probably go to at least the appeal level. The reality is that many Fed district judges don't want to rule on law, so they pass it to the appeal court just like they did with the Heller case.
Here is the thing, I believe we could get eliminate the non resident ccw permit discrimination problem which affects alot of people.
Winning on these issues could open the doors for ccw reform in the last 10 holdout states.
At the very least, I think it would be a good follow up move to the Heller case.
Nicki
What I would like people on this forum is to consider 14th amendment or equal protection issues, especially with regards to ccw permits.
We have large groups of people who are discriminated against by state law for no other reason than they where they physically reside.
States like Colorado, Michigan, New Hampshire, and South Carolina do not honor non resident ccw permits.
I am not a lawyer, maybe someone on this forum is and can share some legal wisdom with us.
We have enough people on this forum that we should be able to find people who would have standing.
It would seem that there probably already is case law saying that state governments have to show a compelling need to treat citizens differently.
My understanding is California got nailed by the SCOTUS when it tried to give different welfare benefits to people who just arrived in the state in the early 1990's.
The issue is the cases would probably go to at least the appeal level. The reality is that many Fed district judges don't want to rule on law, so they pass it to the appeal court just like they did with the Heller case.
Here is the thing, I believe we could get eliminate the non resident ccw permit discrimination problem which affects alot of people.
Winning on these issues could open the doors for ccw reform in the last 10 holdout states.
At the very least, I think it would be a good follow up move to the Heller case.
Nicki
