Judge: Kentucky's "concealed carry" law discriminates against non citizens.
Read the story, on Kentucky's gun law which provides that non citizens not be allowed to carry guns concealed.
The court found that the law discriminates against non citizens.
According to Judge Thomas Russell, "A blanket prohibition discriminating against aliens is not precisely drawn to achieve the goal of facilitating firearms purchases when there exists a nondiscriminatory way to achieve the same goals," while concluding that "Finally, it is in the public interest [for the court] to prevent the violation of an individual's constitutional rights [such as happened with the gun law]".
The court found that the law discriminates against non citizens.
According to Judge Thomas Russell, "A blanket prohibition discriminating against aliens is not precisely drawn to achieve the goal of facilitating firearms purchases when there exists a nondiscriminatory way to achieve the same goals," while concluding that "Finally, it is in the public interest [for the court] to prevent the violation of an individual's constitutional rights [such as happened with the gun law]".
Labels: Justice, Kentucky Constitution
posted by KYJurisDoctor at 10:48 AM
2 Comments:
I don't understand his point.
The states who have concealed carry laws are supposed to support the other states rights of concealed carry.
At least that is how I understood it to be.
So if I leave Kentucky and go to say,Lousianna,and they have a CCL,then mine is supposed to be valid there as well.
Since it is a federal court that ruled thus, and I conclude the ruling is CORRECT, it is very LIKELY the other federal courts will follow, if their jurisdictions have Kentucky's kind of law.
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