{"id":11902,"date":"2015-09-30T13:51:46","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T17:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11902"},"modified":"2015-09-30T13:51:46","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T17:51:46","slug":"probably-wont-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11902","title":{"rendered":"Probably won’t work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newsday reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Three retired Nassau County correction officers and a retired deputy sheriff claim in a civil suit they’ve been unjustly denied special police-retiree gun permits and licenses by county authorities.\u00a0 The suit, filed Monday in federal court in Central Islip, claims Nassau Sheriff Michael Sposato<\/a> and the Nassau County Police Department<\/a> have denied licenses to the four because of disabilities …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This probably won’t work given that the 2nd Circuit<\/a> ruled in the Kachalsky v. Cacace<\/a><\/em> case that licensing agents are not obligated to issue pistol licenses to anyone.<\/p>\n

“… “This suit is necessary to change how disabled officers, who served this county well, are being treated by the county when they want the same benefits that other retirees get,” said Frederick Brewington, the Hempstead attorney representing [the plaintiffs]. “None of their disabilities make them ineligible to own, purchase and carry firearms, and there is no good reason for them to have been treated differently.” …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s the thing. They are not<\/span> being treated any differently.\u00a0 They’re getting the same screwing Nassau gives to everyone.<\/p>\n