A 3 judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has dismissed a lawsuit by the city of New York attempting to hold firearms manufacturers responsible for the costs of “gun crime” in the city.The court ruled that the suit should have been dismissed under the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act passed by the congress in 2005.The 2-1 decision affirmed the constitutionality of that law and criticized Federal Judge Jack Weinstein for failing to abide by the Lawful Commerce Act when it first passed.
We can doubtless expect Mayor Bloomberg to try to find some other way to blame gunowners, dealers, and manufacturers for New York's crime problems.
Parks
The Department of the Interior has released its long awaited regulatory reform proposals for National Parks and National Wildlife Refuges.The proposed regulations will be open for public comment for the next 60 days.It is critical that gunowners let their voices be heard on this regulation change.
Note: This is a longer format than our normal Knox Reports. This was written for general public consumption so forgive some of the rudimentary explanations, etc. A shorter, more concise version was produced for Shotgun News and other "gun media," but we felt it was best to post the full version here.
Here is a link to an image library containing dozens of documents from the case - Click Here. The library also contains a few photo's of military gear that has nothing to do with the case. Those interested in the details of the case can also read a long-running forum discussion on AR15.com which includes scanned immages of the case documents and comments on the case from Olofson himself. Olofson is known as Bladerunner2347 and posted this information himself as the case was developing. To read the entire 40+ pages of the discussion, click here .
The Accidental Felon
By Jeff Knox
(January 29, 2008) There are several ways for a person to unintentionally commit a felony, but most of them are looked at by prosecutors, judges, and juries as the accidents they are and dealt with accordingly.Such is not always the case however, especially when firearms are involved; for the past 2 years David Olofson has been learning that the hard way.Olofson is a regular guy who happens to be fond of AR15 style sport-utility rifles.He loaned a rifle to a friend.While the friend was shooting it he moved the safety switch to a point beyond the Fire position.The rifle fired a couple of short bursts and jammed.Someone at or near the club called the police to complain about machinegun fire.The police notified the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and David Olofson was subsequently charged and convicted of illegally transferring a machinegun.
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