(RI) Judge rules rejected gun permit applicants get no hearing

[Oatka]

STATE CONSTITUTION
Article I:
"Section 22. Right to bear arms. -- The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

"''This court is unable to declare that a person in Rhode Island has a fundamental right to carry a weapon outside the limits of his or her own land or business, '' Silverstein wrote in his decision."

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) A Superior Court judge has ruled Rhode Islanders are not entitled to an appeal hearing if they are denied permits to carry guns.

Judge Michael Silverstein said that under state law, the attorney general's office has the final say in approving applications for gun permits.

''This court is unable to declare that a person in Rhode Island has a fundamental right to carry a weapon outside the limits of his or her own land or business, '' Silverstein wrote in his decision.

Because it is not a fundamental right, residents are not entitled to an appeal hearing, he said.

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[USP45]

When the state breaks their own laws, and ignores their own consittution... can you then appeal to a Federal Court, to force the state to respect its own constitution???

 

[bookkie]

I hate to say it, but with rulings like this, we don't have much of a chance without replacing these judges. So when are we going to have the guts to stand up to these yahoo's?