James Uthmeier - The War on Guns

‘Non-Dangerous Felon’ Opinion Leaves More Immediate Danger Unresolved

The late Robert J. Kukla made a brilliant observation in his 1973 classic, Gun Control, equating the release of violent misfits from prison with opening the cage of a man-eating tiger and expecting a different result. [More]

Anyone who can’t be trusted with a gun can’t be trusted without a custodian.

A Proper Understanding

The State previously filed an answer brief taking the position that Appellant Christopher Morgan was properly convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm. On further reflection, the Attorney General is of the view that the conviction violated Morgan’s Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. Properly understood, the Second Amendment permits the government to dispossess felons whose convictions indicate that the felon is dangerous, but not merely all felons as a categorical matter. [More]

So… which Republican AG approved that previous answer?

And point of order– it’s nice to see the insistence on punishing nonviolent offenders forever has been reconsidered, but what good does a lifetime disability on violent ones do if they’re then allowed to stalk among us?

The Best Defense?

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is defending gun rights [More]

Did he do anything at all to try to stop Letitia James from extraditing Lawrence DeStefano?

The Beginning of the End?

On Wednesday, the Florida First District Court of Appeal ruled that the state’s open carry ban is unconstitutional, saying that it conflicts with the Second Amendment’s guarantee of the right to bear arms. [More]

All eyes are on James Uthmeier…

[Via Edmund M]

Save Us from Ourselves

Florida Urges SCOTUS to Grant Cert in NRA’s Challenge to its Young Adult Purchase Ban and to Rule its Own Law Unconstitutional [More]

If they’d get their own idiot Republican leadership in line…

[Via Jess]

Define ‘First-Class Rights’

My office will not allow the Second Amendment to be a second-class right. [Watch]

So… you’ll prosecute officials who enforce Florida’s open carry restrictions and…?

[Via Jess]

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