Federal Court Victory

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The chief federal judge in New Mexico has issued a permanent injunction against the state of New Mexico for denying right to carry to legal aliens.

The Second Amendment Foundation got this injunction for us

With the Illinois victories, Hawaii, California, Idaho and Delaware wins it must be like "death by a thousand cuts" to the Brady's, Bloomberg and Piers Morgan. :-)

http://m.saf.org/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fs...cted=true#2706

[Philbert]

Link to desktop version of the story

http://saf.org/?p=3424

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SAF WINS PERMANENT INJUNCTION AGAINST NEW MEXICO’S CITIZEN-ONLY CCW LAW
31 Mar 2014 | News & Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – The chief U.S. District Court judge in New Mexico today granted a permanent injunction against the State of New Mexico’s “citizens only” concealed carry law that unfairly discriminated against permanent legal resident aliens in a case brought by the Second Amendment Foundation.

Chief Judge M. Christina Armijo issued an order today that says the New Mexico statute “violates the Equal Protection Clause” of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment.

“This is a victory not only for our plaintiff, John W. Jackson, but for all permanent legal resident aliens who are otherwise qualified to obtain a concealed handgun license,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb.

Jackson is an Australian citizen, but resides in Rio Rancho, N.M.

“One of the more significant notations in the ruling,” Gottlieb said, “is that the court found New Mexico’s statute discriminates on the basis of alienage, and as a result, was subject to strict scrutiny.”

The ruling does not declare the state’s concealed carry law unconstitutional, but it does conclude that the remedy for violating the equal protection clause is to sever the citizenship provision from the statute. This can be done, the judge said, “without impairing the remainder” of the state’s concealed carry law, which still requires an applicant to meet all of the state’s remaining requirements.

“This is one more example of how SAF is winning firearms rights one lawsuit at a time,” Gottlieb said. “Mr. Jackson has demonstrated that he is a productive member of the community and certainly did not give up any right to personal protection by moving from his country to our country.”

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I think many gun owners need to pay more attention to the SAF. Yes the NRA as a good political lobby & does many great things (outreach, education, conservation)....but when it comes to litigation.

No one comes close to the Second Amendment Foundation. Heller & the other court cases were lead by SAF, and the NRA backed them. The largest court cases all have SAF leading the charge.

And, pleasantly, they do not spam my inbox or mailbox asking for money weekly.

[JenniferG]

I think many gun owners need to pay more attention to the SAF

Yes, they were backing the Toomey/Manchin/Schumer/Obama/Bloomberg Universal background check/national secret gun registration law.