BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation has filed an amicus brief in the case of a woman who is challenging a decision by the Pennsylvania State Police to deny her application for a license to carry because of a past conviction in Arizona that was set aside, so it no longer exists.
SAF is joined in the brief by the Firearms Owners Against Crime Institute for Legal, Legislative and Education Action. Attorneys Joshua Prince and Dillon Harris with the Civil Rights Defense Firm prepared the amicus document.
The brief supports a woman named Amanda Jo Reese, whose conviction in Arizona was set aside by the Superior Court of Arizona for the County of Mohave. The Pennsylvania State Police contend the set aside does not relieve Reese from the state’s gun control laws.
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“Our amicus brief contends the administrative law judge’s determination in Ms. Reese’s case was correct, and that her criminal conviction no longer exists, which is consistent with the Arizona Superior Court’s decision setting aside an earlier guilty verdict in that state,” explained SAF Executive Director Adam Kraut. “But the Pennsylvania State Police are stubbornly refusing to recognize the court’s action, and continue to deny Ms. Reese’s application, and essentially her right to keep and bear arms.”
SAF’s amicus brief includes a brief history of Ms. Reese’s legal trouble, noting that back in March 2005, “the Superior Court of Arizona for the County of Mohave issued three identical Orders “setting aside the judgment of guilt…dismissing the accusation or information, and releasing the defendant from all penalties and disabilities resulting from the conviction.”
“That’s as matter-of-fact as anyone can get,” Kraut observed. “We’re submitting this amicus brief because the State Police’s contention that individuals who had their convictions set-aside and their rights restored are somehow still prohibited under Pennsylvania law offends prior precedent and defies logic.”
About SAF
The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 720,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.
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Right here is a good reason for us gun owners to stop back the blue because they will not uphold their oath to the Constitution!!
Just following orders, sound familiar?
Yes I does!!!
And to further solidify what I am saying…
Why is it when a Red flag order is acted upon the police show up at early morning hours???
Like the case in Maryland?
And when people say they are not all bad , where was the one good cop to stand up and say this is right knocking on this man’s door in early morning..
Why don’t we do this in the daylight when people are up?
Where was that Good Cop we always hear about!!??
guilty after being found innocent………the new 6th amandment