Soccer mom gets her CCW permit back
Hats off to the judge, if for no other reason than he ruled according to what the law said and despite his apparently anti-gun personal opinions. He did exactly what judges should do: apply the law, not their personal preferences, and they decision came out right as a direct result.
I do wonder. Apparently other parents objected to her having a gun at the soccer game. The judge referred to these objections as "safety concerns". Why didn't he refer to them as "uninformed, paranoid hysteria"? He would have been much closer to the truth. Did any of those other parents voice any concern ove the fact she drove her car to the came? Cars kill a lot more people than legally-owned guns. Now THERE would be a safety concern!
As for safety, I'd say those parents were safer with this mom carrying her gun, than if no one had carried at the game.
http://tinyurl.com/536m4d
Pa. Soccer Mom Gets Concealed Gun Permit Back
Judge Questions Whether Woman Used Good Judgment
Last Edited: Tuesday, 14 Oct 2008, 4:26 PM EDT
Created: Tuesday, 14 Oct 2008, 4:26 PM EDT
LEBANON, Pa. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania soccer mom who packs a pistol is getting her concealed weapon permit back.
Meleanie Hain on Tuesday persuaded a Lebanon County judge to rescind the sheriff's revocation of her permit.
She had lost the permit after other parents complained last month that she was carrying her loaded handgun in a holster at her daughter's soccer game.
Judge Robert Eby said even though the law required him to give her the permit back, he questioned whether Hain showed good judgment by ignoring other parents' safety concerns.
Hain said she's satisfied with the result and expects she'll be back on the sidelines with her gun in the future.
Edited ONLY to shorten link.
I do wonder. Apparently other parents objected to her having a gun at the soccer game. The judge referred to these objections as "safety concerns". Why didn't he refer to them as "uninformed, paranoid hysteria"? He would have been much closer to the truth. Did any of those other parents voice any concern ove the fact she drove her car to the came? Cars kill a lot more people than legally-owned guns. Now THERE would be a safety concern!
As for safety, I'd say those parents were safer with this mom carrying her gun, than if no one had carried at the game.
http://tinyurl.com/536m4d
Pa. Soccer Mom Gets Concealed Gun Permit Back
Judge Questions Whether Woman Used Good Judgment
Last Edited: Tuesday, 14 Oct 2008, 4:26 PM EDT
Created: Tuesday, 14 Oct 2008, 4:26 PM EDT
LEBANON, Pa. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania soccer mom who packs a pistol is getting her concealed weapon permit back.
Meleanie Hain on Tuesday persuaded a Lebanon County judge to rescind the sheriff's revocation of her permit.
She had lost the permit after other parents complained last month that she was carrying her loaded handgun in a holster at her daughter's soccer game.
Judge Robert Eby said even though the law required him to give her the permit back, he questioned whether Hain showed good judgment by ignoring other parents' safety concerns.
Hain said she's satisfied with the result and expects she'll be back on the sidelines with her gun in the future.
Edited ONLY to shorten link.
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Good for her--now on with a lawsuit to the idjit LEO who revoked it. 0 -
More guns = less crime.
Carry on mom. [:D]0 -
awesome. good for her. seems like hearing good news a little more often reciently 0 -
I am wondering why anyone even knew she had it. Isn't concealed supposed to mean out of sight? I carry almost all the time and anywhere I am allowed by law in NC. That means at all my son's little league games etc,... I am the only one who knows though. How did these other people find out? 0 -
quote:Originally posted by chaoslodge
I am wondering why anyone even knew she had it. Isn't concealed supposed to mean out of sight? I carry almost all the time and anywhere I am allowed by law in NC. That means at all my son's little league games etc,... I am the only one who knows though. How did these other people find out?
She was 'open-carrying' it because she said it was too warm to wear clothes that would conceal it.0 -
quote:Originally posted by chaoslodge
I am wondering why anyone even knew she had it. Isn't concealed supposed to mean out of sight? I carry almost all the time and anywhere I am allowed by law in NC. That means at all my son's little league games etc,... I am the only one who knows though. How did these other people find out?
CCW means you CAN carry concealed. Doesn't mean you have to.
In many places, you can carry openly even if you don't have a concealed-carry permit.
Of course, many of us believe that "we don't need no stinking permits!!!". That the 2nd amendment says no government (Fed, state, local) can forbid us to carry, openly or concealed, whether we fill out their silly "permits" or not. But that's an argument for a different time.0 -
"we don't need no stinking permits!!!
Good one.
Have several, but it would really be nice to have one that covers everywhere though, so you can cross state lines without worrying about the Alphabet Gang, etc.0 -
I did not realize she was carrying openly.
We are actually prohibited from carrying openly in NC by a law concerning "going armed to the terror of the public." We are technically allowed to open carry but if anyone is scared by it we can be charged with the above.
Pretty sissy sort of law for a Southern state.0 -
That is ridiculous. 0
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