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MI: Second Amendment Suit Over Howell Twp. Gun Range Playing Out
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Website: http://libertyparkpress.com
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The owner of a firearms store says Howell Township officials violated the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution when they denied his request to establish a new outdoor gun range facility in the township. A federal lawsuit filed in November 2018 against the township is pending in federal court after Oakland Tactical Supply Mike Paige and township officials failed to reach a settlement. Last month, both filed responses to motions that further argue their cases. |
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PHORTO
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This case is a loser. The township has statutory and constitutional authority to institute zoning according to its community's priorities, and this land has already been zoned. It wasn't changed after-the-fact to prevent construction of a range.
I don't think any court would be able to find a reason to compel the township to rezone that area.
Sad to say, but that's the likely result. |
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| "Some people think that the Second Amendment is an outdated relic of an earlier time. Doubtless some also think that constitutional protections of other rights are outdated relics of earlier times. We The People own those rights regardless, unless and until We The People repeal them. For those who believe it to be outdated, the Second Amendment provides a good test of whether their allegiance is really to the Constitution of the United States, or only to their preferences in public policies and audiences. The Constitution is law, not vague aspirations, and we are obligated to protect, defend, and apply it. If the Second Amendment were truly an outdated relic, the Constitution provides a method for repeal. The Constitution does not furnish the federal courts with an eraser." --9th Circuit Court Judge Andrew Kleinfeld, dissenting opinion in which the court refused to rehear the case while citing deeply flawed anti-Second Amendment nonsense (Nordyke v. King; opinion filed April 5, 2004) |
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