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One (of many) brewing Heller test cases?

By Douglas A. Berman

The New York Sun has this interesting report on what could be an interesting Heller test case: In a sign that federal courts here in New York will defend New York City's restrictive gun regulations, a judge is allowing the city to strip a disabled Vietnam War veteran of his gun license.... The veteran who lost his gun license, Dominick DiNapoli, said the Supreme Court's decision ought to require that he gets back his gun permit. "Who needs a gun more than someone like me, who is disabled and can't physically defend his home?" Mr. DiNapoli said in an interview. The court decision, by Judge William Pauley III of U.S. District Court in Manhattan, does not mention the Second Amendment and defers entirely to the New York City Police Department's permitting process...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 03, 2008 (boomark / email).