GCO has filed a second motion to dismiss the Rev. Markel Hutchins’ attack on Georgia’s so-called “Stand Your Ground” law. In the federal lawsuit, Hutchins claims to be acting on behalf of all Georgians when he asks the court to rule Georgia’s law unconstitutional. GCO’s most recent motion points out to the court that Hutchins…
John Monroe was interviewed on the motion to dismiss the baseless lawsuit against Georgia’s Stand Your Ground law and debated Plaintiff’s council Robert Patillo on Channel 11’s 11Alive News at 7:00 PM on Monday April 23rd. The 11Alive video of the interview can be seen on 11Alive’s website here.
GCO has filed a motion to dismiss the case filed by Rev. Markel Hutchins to have Georgia’s so-called “stand your ground” law ruled unconstitutional. Yesterday, GCO moved to intervene as a party in the case, to represent the interests of its members. Today’s latest motion seeks to have the case dismissed on the grounds that…
GCO has filed a motion to intervene in Rev. Markel Hutchins’ lawsuit against state officials challenging the constitutionality of the so-called “stand your ground” law in Georgia. GCO seeks to represent the interests of its members, who are not adequately represented by the existing parties in the case. The brief in support of the motion…
GCO has filed another supplemental letter brief in its appeal of the case against the church carry ban in Georgia. In this supplement, GCO points out to the court that a U.S. District Court in North Carolina has ruled that the Second Amendment applies outside the home and that strict scrutiny applies to laws burdening…
Federal appellate rules provide that new authorities after oral argument can be brought to the Court’s attention via letter to the clerk. Because two recent district court decisions have found that the Second Amendment applies to the states, an issue in GCO’s case challenging Georgia’s ban on carrying firearms in churches, GCO has submitted a…
GCO has alerted the Clerk of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit of the recent ruling in the 7th Circuit, which held that law-abiding citizens are entitled to a higher standard of review for Second Amendment cases than intermediate scrutiny. GCO had argued that very point in its reply brief in its…
11th Circuit Dismisses Church Carry Case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit dismissed GCO’s church carry case, ruling that states are unlimited in their ability to single out religion for disparate treatment as long as the state does not burden a sincerely-held religious belief. The court also ruled there is no Second Amendment right to carry a firearm…
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