A federal appeals court in Denver, CO, has ruled against Wyoming in a lawsuit over a state law that seeks to allow people convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence to regain their gun rights, according to The Billings Gazette and Associated Press...Here's BATFU all worried about technicalities again, and willing to see you die in the name of procedure.
The Wyoming Attorney General’s Office has said that Wyoming courts expunged 63 misdemeanor convictions from 2005 through last October 2007. Only one person with an expunged record had gone on to receive a state-issued concealed weapons permit as of last October...
The ATF said that conviction records weren’t truly expunged if they were kept on the books for any purpose.
Anybody have info on the 10th Circuit Appeals Court panel judges involved, or the district Judge Alan Johnson, who initially ruled against the state? Like who appointed them? I'll need to look around when I get some time, but for now can't help noticing one of the Wyoming District Court's three missions is:
To represent the District of Wyoming in a manner that will instill trust in the Judiciary.
Oops. Flubbed that one up, Alan.
And there's one other question I don't hear too many raising, so would appreciate any and all who wish to add their voice in asking:
Why aren't the Brady Campaign and anti-gun politicians who have been going nuts over DC been consistent in their demands for "home rule"? You'd almost think that's just a convenient ploy to gin up outrage with, that they really don't give a damn about it unless it serves their purposes...
[Via Jeffersonian]