SAF sues New York

[jdege]

http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20110405007368/en/Bloomberg/gun-control/gun-rights

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--The Second Amendment Foundation today filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg that alleges New York City’s $340 fee for a permit to keep a handgun in the home is “excessive and…impermissibly burdens the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.”

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In its lawsuit, SAF notes that the $340 fee is not used to defray administrative costs, so there appears to be no purpose for it other than to discourage people from applying for a permit. The excessive fee, according to Gottlieb, puts the exercise of a constitutional right solely within the financial reach of the wealthy class, essentially turning a civil right into a privilege for the rich and well-connected.

[nyffman]

Yes, that does sound like NY is discriminating against the less wealthy. I guess that's what it's come to. Jim Crow for poor people.

[ComradeBurg]

Yes, that does sound like NY is discriminating against the less wealthy. I guess that's what it's come to. Jim Crow for poor people.

Who knows what kinds of untold chaos could arise if the serfs were allowed to arm themselves.

[jaydubs]

To be fair, it is New York. With the cost of living there, what does $340 buy? Like an extra-large pizza?

[12smile]

I like the balls of the SAF.

It's an individual right not a privilege.

They're going right to the King's Throne Room.

[45Badger]

Maybe they'll sue Minnesota over the permit classes and permit fees.........

[farmerj]

Maybe they'll sue Minnesota over the permit classes and permit fees.........

Unless you charge $150 for class, you aren't a good teacher.

[DeanC]

Has the NRA taken *any* notice of this yet?

[1911fan]

Nope. Wayne and the boys are waiting until the bills have been paid by the SAF and won by Alan Gura before they join in.