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Title: Pistol-packing Pa. soccer mom sues county sheriff
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URL Source: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/200 ... occer-mom-sues-county-sheriff/
Published: Nov 24, 2008
Author: AP
Post Date: 2008-11-24 21:14:11 by Jethro Tull
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Comments: 10
A Pennsylvania woman sued a sheriff Monday who revoked her concealed-weapons permit after she upset fellow parents by wearing her holstered pistol to her 5-year-old daughter's soccer game. Meleanie Hain alleges in the federal lawsuit that Lebanon County Sheriff Michael DeLeo violated her Second Amendment rights and prosecuted her maliciously when he took away her permit in September. Hain, 30, successfully appealed the revocation last month, although the judge who restored her permit questioned her judgment and said she "scared the devil" out of others who attended the Sept. 11 soccer game. Hain said Monday that her baby-sitting service has suffered, her children have been harassed, and she has been ostracized by her neighbors because of DeLeo's actions. In one instance, she said, a neighbor who saw her in a local store had the manager ask her to leave because she was carrying her handgun. "I fought for my right, and now I'm still being punished," she said. DeLeo's office referred questions to the county's attorney, George Christianson, who did not return a telephone call seeking comment. DeLeo said at Hain's Oct. 14 appeal that he revoked her permit after fielding the parents' complaints. He said he based his decision on a state law that prohibits concealed-weapons permits from being given to people whose character and reputation make them a danger to public safety. Hain has said she previously carried her handgun openly to soccer games and practices and other public places without any problem. Her attorney, Matthew Weisberg, said DeLeo had no legal right to take away her permit. "The sheriff just rides into town and without any hearing, explanation or anything, takes away her license and forces her into court," he said. In addition to monetary damages, Weisberg said, Hain's lawsuit seeks a court order for DeLeo to undergo law enforcement education. "He needs to be educated that the complaints of a few do not compel him to suppress individual rights," he said. Hain is joined in the lawsuit by her husband, Scott, who contends he has lost his wife's "companionship, consortium, society and services" as a result of the harm she has suffered.
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#1. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
Maybe those who want to carry guns openly should be required to be part of a police militia, take training and wear a uniform when carrying a gun. Might allay the fears of others.
it's a concealed handgun permit, yet it says she had the gun holstered openly? is a holstered gun considered concealed?
Many here in Pa. carry but I have never seen one openly displayed other than hunters.
A holstered gun, carried openly, isn't a concealed weapon. And obviously it isn't against local laws/ordinances etc (as in R. Stanley). If it were she would have been arrested. Now, why anyone would want to carry a weapon openly is something I don't get, but it's her business. I hope her case prevails and she hits the legal power ball.
I carried my Bushmaster on my back once while riding my bicycle. Man, did I get noticed or what? The cops knew me enough to stop me civilly and talk with me as I am not violent and they know this. But why oh why did they need five cops and three cop cars by the time we were almost done with the traffic stop? They told me to keep the upper and lower receiver separate with the bolt carrier group out of the upper, and in a case if I want to transport it by bicycle. So I only move weapons in a car now.
Quick draw?
~ I do like that shot she takes, makin the guy get trained better :) ~ when I was given a concealed permit in PA, the sheriff was clear about the point being 'concealed permit' ~ he said if folks in public saw the pistol and got scared, my permit was gone ...
People are bloody insane: citizen carrying a weapon is "scary", JBT carrying a weapon in the same manner is "A HERO".....
Sue the hell out of these assholes...BUT..as this lady obviously does not realize, her open carry was foolish. The whole idea behind concealed carry is to NOT let the crook know you got a gun, i.e. element of surprise, crooks don't know who has and who doesn't. This lady was an open target to have her gun removed by a criminal (easy target) and used against her and others...like a lady swinging a purse walking through Central Park. When I was a cop, yeah I could've showed my weapon off duty...but I didn't.
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#2. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
#3. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
open carry bump
#4. To: christine (#2)
#5. To: christine, Tatarewicz, all (#2)
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#6. To: christine (#2)
"You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's no longer in your power -- he's free again. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
#7. To: Jethro Tull (#5)
Now, why anyone would want to carry a weapon openly is something I don't get,
#8. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
In addition to monetary damages, Weisberg said, Hain's lawsuit seeks a court order for DeLeo to undergo law enforcement education.
#9. To: Tatarewicz (#1)
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#10. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
"Corporation: An entity created for the legal protection of its human parasites, whose sole purpose is profit and self-perpetuation." ~~ IndieTx
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