Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
As our readers are aware, earlier this week, Chief Counsel Joshua Prince and attorney Dillon Harris of the Firearms Industry Consulting Group, a division of Civil Rights Defense Firm, P.C., filed suit in the Commonwealth Court on behalf of Grant Schmidt, Shot Tec, LLC, and the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) against Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Christopher Paris and Montgomery County Sheriff Sean Kilkenny relating to the PSP’s promulgation of an unconstitutional regulation purporting to authorize warrantless searches of PA License to Sell Firearm licensees and Sheriff Kilkenny’s policy, beyond the scope of the unconstitutional regulation, to not only seize licensees in the absence of probable cause and a warrant, but to also force them to respond to questions and provide any requested documents.
Today, Petitioners/Plaintiffs entered into a Stipulation with Montgomery County Sheriff Kilkenny, wherein, he agreed to stay enforcement of his firearm license inspection policy and for the Commonwealth Court to issue an order enjoining him and and his officers, agents, servants, employees, and all persons in active concert or participation with him from implementing or otherwise enforcing his firearm license inspection policy, until a final decision is rendered by the Commonwealth Court.
We (as well as I’m sure the Commonwealth Court) are thankful that we could come to an agreement until the legal issues over the PSP’s regulation and his resultant policy are fully addressed by the court.
If you or someone you know has been the victim of an unlawful firearm regulation or policy, contact FICG today to discuss your options.