While I agree with the ruling, and Mr Dorr's anti-abortion stance, I have to wonder if there are liability issues here.If the person having issuing authority suspects a person is mentally unstable through actual interaction with them, wouldn't it be acceptible if a permit was denied? At least until an impartial body examined the applicant, or as in this case a judge made the decision. If the sheriff had hacked off on the paperwork and issued a permit, and Mr Dorr eventually commited murder against an abortionist, would the sheriff be at fault? If it happens now will the judge be liable? In our society now over run with unscrupulous litigators, I just have to wonder who's liable legally now that it seems like everyone but an offender is blamed for his own actions.
I'm glad Mr Dorr got his permit, however I still don't believe he should have to get one in the first place. We either have a right, or a priviledge. The abortionists in Iowa might want to start exersizing their priviledge, just in case.