The 9th Circuit overturns a man's conviction for holding a shotgun on the sidewalk in front of his house
The 9th Circuit ruled Metcalf's conviction was overturned due to ambiguity in the Gun-Free School Zones Act's licensing exception and applied the rule of lenity in his favor.
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Ninth Circuit Tosses Charges Against Man for Neighborhood Shotgun Patrols Near School
A federal appeals court has dismissed a case against a Montana man the government accused of violating the Gun Free School Zones Act. On Tuesday, a three-judge panel on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with defendant Gabriel Metcalf. In a 2-1 vote, the majority ruled that Metcalf reasonably believed Montana’s permitless gun-carry law allowed him to carry a shotgun around his property and… Source
The 9th Circuit overturns a man's conviction for holding a shotgun on the sidewalk in front of his house
The decision in 'United States v. Metcalf', which hinges on an exception to the Gun-Free School Zones Act, does not say whether that law is consistent with the Second Amendment.
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