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Montana Gun Free School Zone Case: USA v Metcalf, Game On!
AmmoLand ^ | November 6, 2023 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 11/08/2023 3:42:51 AM PST by marktwain

The Gun Free School Zone Act (GFSZA) has a challenge in federal court; the case is USA v. Metcalf in Montana. It is a full-fledged game on!

The case was covered early and in-depth by AmmoLand. It seems such a slam-dunk for the Second Amendment, a major question was: would the United States Attorney for Montana see the case as a loser and, rather than risk a major Second Amendment win, simply dismiss the case?

AmmoLand was one of the first to cover the USA v Metcalf case. AmmoLand coverage has been far better than any other outlet. Russel A. Hart is the Assistant Federal Defender in the Billings Branch Office. He is representing Gabriel Metcalf. He filed a motion to dismiss the indictment against Gabriel Metcalf, then filed the brief in support of the motion to dismiss. The Brief was filed on October 10, 2023.

The USA filed its response on October 24. They are proceeding with the GFSZA case.

The defense of Gabriel Metcalf is premised on two major points. First is the defense established under Montana law, which creates an exemption from the GRSZA in Montana for all who can legally own firearms.

(Excerpt) Read more at ammoland.com ...


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Under the Bruen decision, this should be a slam dunk. There were no laws banning guns near schools in the history of the USA.
1 posted on 11/08/2023 3:42:51 AM PST by marktwain
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FACT: Guns prevent an estimated 2.5 million crimes a year or 6,849 every day. 98+% of the time the gun is not fired and no blood (including the criminal’s) is shed.

SOURCE: http://www.gunfacts.info/pdfs/gun-facts/7.1/Gun-Facts-7.1-screen.pdf, pages 21, 83.

FACT: 98% of mass-shootings occur in gun-free zones

SOURCE: https://www.dailywire.com/news/what-percentage-mass-shootings-happen-gun-free-amanda-prestigiacomo

SOURCE: https://slowfacts.wordpress.com/2023/05/29/how-we-stopped-mass-murderers-time-after-time/


2 posted on 11/08/2023 5:00:42 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: marktwain

Some yeas ago We had a HUGE fox that was running through our neighborhood bothering our animals— I bought a SWS (Spanish) pellet rifle...

The funny thing is I purchased it from The Bullethole which WAS directly across the street (Peach St. I think) from an elementary school in Bozeman, MT. It is gone now and the building is home to a hairdresser...

Someone else got that fox...


3 posted on 11/08/2023 5:55:43 AM PST by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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The answer is obvious. “shall not be infringed”. Any reasonable interpretation of that phase would conclude that ALL “gun control” laws are unConstitutional. Period.


4 posted on 11/08/2023 5:56:37 AM PST by shooter223 (the government should fear the citizens......not the other way around)
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5 posted on 11/08/2023 9:15:34 AM PST by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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