Posted on 12/16/2014 11:40:56 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
The Connecticut Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the acquittal of a former Army medic who was sentenced to 15 months in prison for transporting a knife and police baton in his vehicle during a move out of state.
Justices issued a 7-0 decision in the appeal of former Clinton resident Jason DeCiccio. The court said part of the state law on illegal possession of weapons in a motor vehicle violates the Second Amendment because it bans people from transporting weapons between residences when they have the right to possess those weapons in their homes.
Justice Richard Palmer wrote in the decision that the dagger-type knife and police baton were legal for DeCiccio to possess, and he noted that state law bans possession of other weapons.
"The safe transportation of weapons protected by the Second Amendment is an essential corollary of the right to possess them in the home for self-defense when such transportation is necessary to effectuate that right," Palmer wrote.
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A broken clock is right twice a day.
A knife????
And I hope and pray he sues the wretched state of Connecticut for all it is worth.
Make the b*stards suffer.
And smile whilst doing it.
Die, liberals, die.
Wash.
Repeat.
A dagger. Some states ban carry of double edge weapons and some don’t.
truth is a double edged sword
Hey. It could have been one of those long kitchen carving knives. Those things are pretty scary.
the right to possess them in the home for self-defense —
Only about 0.0001% of the 2A.
Really good news!
I too hope he sues for all he can get!
All the people, up and down the line, who thought that charging an Army medic with this BS should be fired.
15 months for a knife and a baton? Only in screwy liberal land.
Malicious prosecution ought to good for a few hundred thousand, at least.
What a stupid waste of time that was as well as all that heartache for nothing for that guy and his family.
You have the right to possess weapons and transport them to any place that authorizes and or allows them on those premises or property.
If you have a weapon and want to take it to the VFW and they allow it then that weapon can go between your home and the VFW.
I haven’t been able to conjure up the right to stop at other points between but, I’m sure it’s there.
I feel if you have the right to possess a weapon then its transport anywhere ought to be sacrosanct, with zero ability for an opportunistic Red Coat to put any American in Jeopardy.
Eeeehh, even one that works! :-)
Not just a knife, he had a stick too! Very dangerous individual!
So I have to wonder, if you stop a Wallmart in that state and buy a kitchen knife set, how are you supposed to get it home?
It took a G-D judge to figure this out.....morons!!!
So who is paying for all the grief and court costs?
This decision could lead to bigger things if it stands up.
since when is a club not legal to possess? Batons come in different designs but they’re all friggin clubs.
Knives are legal as well. How the hell can you have something but not be able to transport them?
Good grief. The country’s nuts.
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