Hmm, does self-defense include defending yourself from a cop with a shotgun pointed at you?
Hmm, does self-defense include defending yourself from a cop with a shotgun pointed at you?
Georgia is not in the First Circuit, but this case holds some harsh lessons for Georgians who exercise their right to bear arms. Recall that in the MARTA case here in Georgia, the court held that the officer was entitled to take measures to protect himself, including disarming the person carrying, and entitled to investigate further for a half hour even after Mr. Raissi produced a Georgia firearms license. Although the officers in that case did not actually point a gun at Mr. Raissi's face, as Officer Stern did to attorney Schubert, it is a logical conclusion that the court would have upheld the constitutionality of them doing so. The vast majority of the cases MARTA cited in its briefs to the federal court included an officer pointing a gun at the person stopped. In addition, carrying a concealed weapon onto the MARTA system is a felony, and no court is going to hold that an officer violated any constitutional right by pointing a gun at an armed felon.
Furthermore, it must be recalled that Georgia, like Massachussetts and the vast majority of states, has no system to confirm the validity of a Georgia firearms license. The similarities between the MARTA federal opinion and the First Circuit opinion are startling, and the implications for Georgia are clear.
This First Circuit case is a logical extension of the MARTA case here in Georgia, and it shows what armed Georgians can expect if the General Assembly does not take action soon to correct the presumption of criminality that federal judge Thomas Thrash attached to the exercise of the right to bear arms.
Welcome to the new "right" to bear arms.
Try it, and get back with us.
Agent 007 said:Seriously? I'm surprised to hear this crap coming from you.
Try it, and get back with us.
First Court or Seventh Court, it does not matter, any goverment minion aka Judge will not rule against another goverment minion.
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Hell they won't give each other speeding tickets, but will not hesitate to fill their non existng quotas with us. Our so called public servants have becomed our defacto masters and think nothing of it. Laws don't mean anything to them anymore, they will violate the Constitution, but don't try to film their abuses, or they will drag you to jail on some made up charge, and fill justified about it.