{"id":13741,"date":"2016-11-22T12:04:49","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T17:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=13741"},"modified":"2016-11-22T12:04:49","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T17:04:49","slug":"interesting-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=13741","title":{"rendered":"Interesting idea"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAF<\/a> is floating the idea<\/a> that the Trump<\/a> administration appoint a special prosecutor to go after municipalities which violate gun rights:<\/p>\n

“…\u00a0The Second Amendment Foundation suggested last week that Trump\u2019s attorney general<\/a> should appoint a \u201cspecial assistant\u201d in charge of defending gun rights … Among the first potential targets of a special assistant attorney general for gun rights, the group suggested, would be strict gun permitting laws in New York, California, New Jersey, Maryland, and Washington DC that require citizens to show a specific need for a gun before being granted a license to carry a firearm in public …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I like the idea of going on offense with this tactic, but I’m not sure how well it would work. \u00a0We’ve already had some bad gun laws upheld at the Circuit Court level and any DOJ action would essentially be an attempt to re-litigate cases which our side already lost.<\/p>\n