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MI: Second Amendment Suit Over Howell Twp. Gun Range Playing Out
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David Williamson
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
(8/5/2020)
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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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As an individual, I believe, very strongly, that handguns should be banned and that there should be stringent, effective control of other firearms. However, as a judge, I know full well that the question of whether handguns can be sold is a political one, not an issue of products liability law, and that this is a matter for the legislatures, not the courts. The unconventional theories advanced in this case (and others) are totally without merit, a misuse of products liability laws. — Judge Buchmeyer, Patterson v. Gesellschaft, 1206 F.Supp. 1206, 1216 (N.D. Tex. 1985) |
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