U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- PHILADELPHIA (November 20, 2020) — Last Friday, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and two individuals filed a new federal Second and Fourteenth Amendment lawsuit against the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, its Police Commissioner, Danielle Outlaw, and Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Colonel Robert Evanchick, challenging their laws and policies that infringe law-abiding individuals’ right to bear arms in public. The case, Fetsurka, et al. v. City of Philadelphia, et al., can be found at FPCLegal.org.
The plaintiffs are represented by Adam Kraut, FPC’s Director of Legal Strategy, FPC litigation attorney William Sack, Raymond DiGuiseppe of The DiGuiseppe Law Firm, and Joshua Prince of Civil Rights Defense Firm.
“The recent shutdown of the City’s Gun Permit Unit places Philadelphians who want to carry handguns for self-defense in a particularly dangerous position,” said FPC’s Adam Kraut.
“Pennsylvania law prohibits individuals from carrying a firearm in Philadelphia without a license to carry firearms. And State law also prohibits individuals from carrying firearms in public during a declared State of Emergency, which Pennsylvania has been under since Governor Wolf’s 2018 proclamation. Philadelphians who do not have a license are now being completely denied their rights on the pain of severe criminal penalties. The Commonwealth’s and City’s laws and policies, and their related enforcement actions, are an unconstitutional total ban on the right to bear arms. We look forward to vindicating the rights of our clients and all who wish to carry firearms in public for self-defense.”
“It is ironic and outrageous that people are being denied their fundamental right to keep and bear arms in the same city where the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution were signed,” said FPC President Brandon Combs. “The City of Brotherly Love doesn’t have any love for the Second Amendment or the rights of its residents, but the Constitution and our Supreme Court have taken their policy choices off the table. FPC will continue fighting forward and work to restore the right to keep and bear arms across the United States. Through this case, other FPC lawsuits, and many more cases that will be filed very soon, FPC will fight for the People who should and must prevail over unconstitutional policies and authoritarians.”
Recently, Firearms Policy Coalition has filed several major federal Second Amendment lawsuits, including challenges to Pennsylvania’s ban on carry by adults under 21 years of age (Lara v. Evanchick), California’s Handgun Ban and “Roster” laws (Renna v. Becerra), Maryland’s carry ban (Call v. Jones), New Jersey’s carry ban (Bennett v. Davis), New York City’s carry ban (Greco v. New York City), the federal ban on the sale of handguns and handgun ammunition by federal firearm licensees (FFLs) to adults under 21 years of age (Reese v. BATFE), and others, with many more cases being prepared today. To follow these and other legal cases FPC is actively working on, visit the Legal Action section of FPC’s website or follow FPC on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube.
The Miller v. Becerra case is another important lawsuit filed as part of FPC’s comprehensive strategy to defend freedom, advance individual liberty, and restore the Constitution and its guarantees for individuals throughout the United States. Individuals who wish to support the lawsuit can do so at JoinFPC.org and www.firearmspolicy.org/miller.
About Firearms Policy Coalition
Firearms Policy Coalition (firearmspolicy.org) is a 501(c)4 nonprofit organization. FPC’s mission is to protect and defend constitutional rights—especially the right to keep and bear arms—advance individual liberty, and restore freedom through litigation and legal action, legislative and regulatory action, education, outreach, grassroots activism, other programs. FPC Law is the nation’s largest public interest legal team focused on the Second Amendment and adjacent fundamental rights including freedom of speech and due process, conducting litigation, research, scholarly publications, and amicus briefing, among other efforts.
Excellent. It’s really a shame that gun owners have to sue to exercise their Constitutional rights. This is what happens when the useless Democrats are in control.
Persistent logic: Democrats hate freedom and want to impose never-ending “gun control” (meaning they eventually want to take away guns from non-government employees). [True Statement] Therefore, Republicans defend freedom and the rights protected by the 2nd Amendment [True for only a small percent of Republican politicians] I don’t see much changing until people change the narrative to “That’s what happens when useless anti-2nd Amendment politicians are in control.” Facts of life: 1) Republican politicians are not necessarily “good.” 2) Wayne and most of the board members on the NRA are not the answer because they have a number of different… Read more »
“We” are a loyal bunch – even when it is well past being deserved. At this point, that blind loyalty is doing us great harm, but I know I’m preaching to the choir with you and a few others.
It’s a good thing the Founding Patriots didn’t wait on a Court to secure Our Rights. Instead they kicked the King’s Courts Ass. Keep Your Powder Dry.
ARM UP & GET READY!!! IT IS COMING!!!
Well, good luck with all of these positively focused lawsuits. I hope they are successful. However, I keep reading the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights and have a hard time understanding why these suits are even necessary. ” . . . the right of the people to keep and bear arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED” (my emphasis). The language seems to be pretty plain to me. So the only thing that I can infer is that if you INSIST on your Second Amendment rights, the “government” WILL KILL YOU! WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT PICTURE?!!