Breaking News:
New York State sued on Monday, 17 June 2024, in Federal District Court over its Body Armor Ban by Armored Republic Holdings, LLC.
John Crump short video about it.
John Crump's article in AmmoLand:
https://www.ammoland.com/2024/06/armor-republic-challenges-new-york-states-body-armor-ban/
Court Listener Case Minutes, Eastern District of New York . . .
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68860751/armored-republic-holdings-llc-v-mosley/
Complaint filed (PDF) initiating the 2nd Amendment facial challenge to New York's law (43 pages):
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.516577/gov.uscourts.nyed.516577.1.0.pdf
For the TL/DR crowd, read the opening portion of the complaint in the first five pages and then skim over the rest to see how it's structured after the "Parties ID" section with many "Text, History, and Tradition" references regarding the use of "armor" over the centuries.
When I saw this Body Armor Ban go into effect almost exactly two years ago (just prior to the Bruen Decision by a couple weeks) I knew it would only be a matter of time before New York was sued over it. Crump brings up the older Heller Decision which specifically talks about "weapons of offence" and "armour of defence" [sp as used in decision quoting 18th C. text] as used in the 2nd Amendment includes that which is used for purely defensive purposes. In the "Text, History, and Tradition" it includes "armor" worn to protect oneself.
I was going to make it part of a "long dead thread. Then thought better of it as that thread meandered about on numerous other topics for many pages. This lawsuit was overshadowed completely by the SCOTUS Cargill and Rahimi Decisions. Stumbled across Crump's video today looking for more about those decsions.
New York State sued on Monday, 17 June 2024, in Federal District Court over its Body Armor Ban by Armored Republic Holdings, LLC.
John Crump short video about it.
John Crump's article in AmmoLand:
https://www.ammoland.com/2024/06/armor-republic-challenges-new-york-states-body-armor-ban/
Court Listener Case Minutes, Eastern District of New York . . .
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68860751/armored-republic-holdings-llc-v-mosley/
Complaint filed (PDF) initiating the 2nd Amendment facial challenge to New York's law (43 pages):
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.516577/gov.uscourts.nyed.516577.1.0.pdf
For the TL/DR crowd, read the opening portion of the complaint in the first five pages and then skim over the rest to see how it's structured after the "Parties ID" section with many "Text, History, and Tradition" references regarding the use of "armor" over the centuries.
When I saw this Body Armor Ban go into effect almost exactly two years ago (just prior to the Bruen Decision by a couple weeks) I knew it would only be a matter of time before New York was sued over it. Crump brings up the older Heller Decision which specifically talks about "weapons of offence" and "armour of defence" [sp as used in decision quoting 18th C. text] as used in the 2nd Amendment includes that which is used for purely defensive purposes. In the "Text, History, and Tradition" it includes "armor" worn to protect oneself.
I was going to make it part of a "long dead thread. Then thought better of it as that thread meandered about on numerous other topics for many pages. This lawsuit was overshadowed completely by the SCOTUS Cargill and Rahimi Decisions. Stumbled across Crump's video today looking for more about those decsions.
