From The Nation we get the following news about the 2nd Amendment. A Court Just Ruled That Cops Can’t Stop-and-Frisk You—if They Suspect a Gun
The Nation is not a fan of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Not by a long shot.
The case is called US v. Wilson and it involves the stop-and-frisk of a Louisiana man named Damion Wilson. (Neither the judicial record, nor basic Google searches, reveal Wilson’s race. I’m going to assume he’s Black, but your mileage may vary.) Wilson was stopped by Deputy US Marshal Michael Atkins after Atkins observed “a bulge in [Wilson’s] waist.” Atkins believed it to be a “hard object”… like, perhaps, a gun.
Now Wilson was not a nice man. But the point is that the original stop, was just based on the suspicion that he had a gun in a state where it is perfectly legal to carry a gun.
So everything else that followed, such as more searches and more warrants, was tossed out.
Now The Nation does bring up some cases where people were stopped for "walking back and forth" and other nonsense.
For a more reasonable review of the situation, try the video below.
This is Colion Noir's video Court Rules Cops Can’t Stop-and-Frisk You For Carrying A Gun
I'm a die hard conservative, and I say that I disagree with this ruling. Rudi Giuliani shut down crime in New York by "stop and frisk." If I have a concealed carry permit. I get checked, I show my permit, I'm sent on my way. If you don't have a permit, you go to jail. This removes the thugs and criminals that don't respect gun laws in the first place.
ReplyDeleteAnd in a state where Constitutional Carry is the law? There is no permit required
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