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Tennessee: Pit Bull Accidentally Shoots Its Sleeping Owner

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A NY City resident, Joseph Garofalo, applied for two licenses to possess and purchase firearms: one for a Premise Residence handgun license; one for a rifle/shotgun license. The New York Police Department (“NYPD”) License Division denied both applications. The rationale for denying him was that Garofalo lacked the needed “good moral character” to have a gun.  He appealed the denials and lost both appeals.

Mr. Garofalo had some issues in that he had previously violated a protective order and been arrested for domestic abuse.  He was never convicted of any crime and he did not disclose any of this on his application.

The NY Police Department denied his permit on the basis that Garofalo did not disclose this negative information on his application.

Garofalo sued NY City claiming that NY City violated his Second and Fourteenth Amendments and that the law is “arbitrary and capricious.”

New York City has settled the case and agreed to pay $10,001 to Garofalo.

Why did NYC settle?  Did NYC believe it would not win the case and that it could destroy the entire law?  NYC doesn’t admit any wrongdoing in the settlement, meaning the law can continue.

It could also have been settled because defending it was more costly than settling.

This might be a good sign that the anti-gun left believes the law on “good moral character” can be overturned.

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You have probably saw or have seen something about the Democrats’ actions during President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress.  It could have been worse.

In Serbia’s parliament, opposition lawmakers unleashed smoke bombs, flares, and tear gas causing three injuries.  (Opposition lawmakers are the Serbian equivalent of Democrats.)