Gray Peterson
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[sup]Current Balance: $270 Paypal, $75 Snailmail[/sup]
I got the approval from my attorney to discuss this issue publicly, in order to solicit contributions.
I intend to file a lawsuit against the City and County of Denver for refusing to accept applications for concealed handgun licenses for non-residents of the state of Colorado, for Denver Municipal Code 38-117 (which bans open carry), as well as suing the state of Colorado for their violation of my state citizenship rights by prohibiting the recognition of my Florida carry license under SB07-34 because I am a resident of Washington State. This is in violation of the privileges and immunities clause of the 14th amendment, under Ward v. Maryland and Saenz v. Roe My attorney is John Monroe, who is legal counsel for GeorgiaCarry.org and has scored several victories in both Georgia and federal court in regards to the gun rights of Georgians.
As a result of Colorado's law of SB07-34, as well as Denver the spectre of open carry ban, I had a life threatening experience when coming back when I flew back in from Colorado, that actually happened here in Washington State.
http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum55/11286.html
This is a 42 USC 1983 civil rights action against Denver and Colorado, not a personal injury case related to the above incident (as this would properly be against the person who actually rammed the vehicle I was in)
We are targeting Denver as well for three specific reasons:
1) The Sheriff's Departments and the DPD are the issuing authority for licenses in the state of Colorado. Targeting only the State of Colorado solely would be imprecise as they are not the ones issuing licenses.
2) Denver has an open carry ban. Denver fight all the way to the Colorado Supreme Court to keep their open carry ban and they are only keeping it by the skins teeth of the fact that they ruled 3-3. Suing the City and County of Denver forces them to make a choice: Either repeal their open carry ban or start accepting applications and approving licenses to carry.
3) There is also a privileges and immunities issue that will likely be addressed by their passage of SB07-34 preventing me as a Washington State resident from being able to comply with state law. This violates my civil liberties as they (State of Colorado) are discriminating against me based on state citizenship, and this violates Saenz.
What will follow is roughly this pattern in terms of what the court would do:
A) A ruling whether or not three legal situations in concert violate my second amendment rights as a visitor to the City of Denver and State of Colorado under Saenz and Ward precedents.
B) If the court agrees that they do, the federal court would proscribe the proper relief (striking down the Denver OC ban, or striking down "no non-resident licenses" provision). At that point, the losing side can appeal to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Salt Lake City.
C) If we win, under the same provisions of federal statute, we can put in a demand for attorneys fees and court costs payment from the state and the city.
I know that there are many thousands effected by the law change, and it's time to fight back against the anti-gunners in Denver. I myself can contribute some money to the effort but since there are so many affected by the SB07-34 law (which prohibits recognition of non-resident licenses of reciprocal states), I'm hoping that some others may be willing to help shoulder the load. Though John Monroe is a good attorney who doesn't charge an outrageous rate, he does have to travel to Colorado and he needs to be able to make a living just like any of us, and has bills to pay. I myself am in the same boat, and cannot simply drop thousands of dollars into this case in one fell swoop.
Goyke v. Toomer
The above complaint is a partial example of what will be filed against Denver.
I have a paypal account that you may donate to, at lonnie.wilson @ comcast.net, put in there "Colorado case" and I will send it to my attorney. If you prefer snail mail/fedex/UPS or whatever delivery services, you can send it my attorney directly at:
John Monroe
re: Colorado Case
9640 Coleman Rd
Roswell, GA 30075
I am also working on getting an account set up with Second Amendment Foundation for funds donations. As SAF is a tax exempt legal entity (they primarily do legal work), all donations to SAF that are earmarked for the Colorado case will be TAX DEDUCTIBLE.
Regards,
Lonnie Wilson
[sup]Current Balance: $270 Paypal, $75 Snailmail[/sup]
I got the approval from my attorney to discuss this issue publicly, in order to solicit contributions.
I intend to file a lawsuit against the City and County of Denver for refusing to accept applications for concealed handgun licenses for non-residents of the state of Colorado, for Denver Municipal Code 38-117 (which bans open carry), as well as suing the state of Colorado for their violation of my state citizenship rights by prohibiting the recognition of my Florida carry license under SB07-34 because I am a resident of Washington State. This is in violation of the privileges and immunities clause of the 14th amendment, under Ward v. Maryland and Saenz v. Roe My attorney is John Monroe, who is legal counsel for GeorgiaCarry.org and has scored several victories in both Georgia and federal court in regards to the gun rights of Georgians.
As a result of Colorado's law of SB07-34, as well as Denver the spectre of open carry ban, I had a life threatening experience when coming back when I flew back in from Colorado, that actually happened here in Washington State.
http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum55/11286.html
This is a 42 USC 1983 civil rights action against Denver and Colorado, not a personal injury case related to the above incident (as this would properly be against the person who actually rammed the vehicle I was in)
We are targeting Denver as well for three specific reasons:
1) The Sheriff's Departments and the DPD are the issuing authority for licenses in the state of Colorado. Targeting only the State of Colorado solely would be imprecise as they are not the ones issuing licenses.
2) Denver has an open carry ban. Denver fight all the way to the Colorado Supreme Court to keep their open carry ban and they are only keeping it by the skins teeth of the fact that they ruled 3-3. Suing the City and County of Denver forces them to make a choice: Either repeal their open carry ban or start accepting applications and approving licenses to carry.
3) There is also a privileges and immunities issue that will likely be addressed by their passage of SB07-34 preventing me as a Washington State resident from being able to comply with state law. This violates my civil liberties as they (State of Colorado) are discriminating against me based on state citizenship, and this violates Saenz.
What will follow is roughly this pattern in terms of what the court would do:
A) A ruling whether or not three legal situations in concert violate my second amendment rights as a visitor to the City of Denver and State of Colorado under Saenz and Ward precedents.
B) If the court agrees that they do, the federal court would proscribe the proper relief (striking down the Denver OC ban, or striking down "no non-resident licenses" provision). At that point, the losing side can appeal to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Salt Lake City.
C) If we win, under the same provisions of federal statute, we can put in a demand for attorneys fees and court costs payment from the state and the city.
I know that there are many thousands effected by the law change, and it's time to fight back against the anti-gunners in Denver. I myself can contribute some money to the effort but since there are so many affected by the SB07-34 law (which prohibits recognition of non-resident licenses of reciprocal states), I'm hoping that some others may be willing to help shoulder the load. Though John Monroe is a good attorney who doesn't charge an outrageous rate, he does have to travel to Colorado and he needs to be able to make a living just like any of us, and has bills to pay. I myself am in the same boat, and cannot simply drop thousands of dollars into this case in one fell swoop.
Goyke v. Toomer
The above complaint is a partial example of what will be filed against Denver.
I have a paypal account that you may donate to, at lonnie.wilson @ comcast.net, put in there "Colorado case" and I will send it to my attorney. If you prefer snail mail/fedex/UPS or whatever delivery services, you can send it my attorney directly at:
John Monroe
re: Colorado Case
9640 Coleman Rd
Roswell, GA 30075
I am also working on getting an account set up with Second Amendment Foundation for funds donations. As SAF is a tax exempt legal entity (they primarily do legal work), all donations to SAF that are earmarked for the Colorado case will be TAX DEDUCTIBLE.
Regards,
Lonnie Wilson