GOA Legal Victory in Philadelphia

[STBear]

Great Work!

[vfinnell]

Thanks. We still have to win the case but the injunction is a major setback for the City and a good win in the interim.

[Pag23]

As much as I would like to say yay, that city is a lost cause and needs to burn to the ground.

Not all of it....I like my occasional cheese steak from S Philly

[ExFlyinguy]

Bravo and now what's needed is some real penalties against the perpetrators

^ What Wally said!

Correct me if I'm wrong but it's donations from us that fund the GOA, and it's our tax dollars that fund the .gov defending the law suits.

We are taking it in the ass while they suffer no consequences to their unlawful acts.

[theshadow]

OK, now this is the latest in a long running series, I know there were some that never made it to court due to lack of standing, etc. SO my question has Philly EVER won any of these that have gone to trial? Of course and unfortunately the answer is that it doesn't matter since there is no down side to them after all it's OPM and they keep getting elected to burn it.

[vfinnell]

^ What Wally said!

Correct me if I'm wrong but it's donations from us that fund the GOA, and it's our tax dollars that fund the .gov defending the law suits.

We are taking it in the ass while they suffer no consequences to their unlawful acts.

We need to strengthen the preemption law so that we can recover legal fees and damages. It would end these shenanigans overnight. HB 979 and SB 448 do that, but the Governor will veto them.

[vfinnell]

OK, now this is the latest in a long running series, I know there were some that never made it to court due to lack of standing, etc. SO my question has Philly EVER won any of these that have gone to trial? Of course and unfortunately the answer is that it doesn't matter since there is no down side to them after all it's OPM and they keep getting elected to burn it.

The solution is to strengthen the firearms preemption to law to make legal fees and damages be recoverable. SB 448 and HB 979 do that. HB 979 will likely make it to the Governor's desk but he'll veto it. Hence, we need a pro-gun Governor elected in 2022.

[CallinSIC]

Great work by the GOA!!

[Dirty Boxer]

I'm a Life NRA member - they seem to have lost their way as I've not heard of the NRA doing much good for 2A in a number of years. I have supported GOA for the last several years as they seem like the only effective 2A organization.

[SigForLife]

Thanks. We still have to win the case but the injunction is a major setback for the City and a good win in the interim.

You could've let everyone know that it wasn't a decision on the merits of the motion for a preliminary injunction, but rather based merely on the City agreeing to the injunction during the pendency of the action. From the docket Order "UPON CONSIDERATION OF THE PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION, THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA'S RESPONSE, AND BY AGREEMENT OF THE PARITES (sic), IT IS ORDERED THAT THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA IS ENJOINED FROM ENFORCING THE PROVISIONS OF THE PHILADELPHIA CODE ??10-2000 TO 10-2005 UNTIL THIS COURT MAKES A FINAL DETERMINATION. PER THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT AND THIS ORDER, THE CITY WILL NOT PURSUE VIOLATIONS OF THE PHILADELPHIA ??10-2000 TO 10-2005 UNTIL THIS COURT MAKES A FINAL DETERMINATION ON THE MERITS. (emphasis added)