Philly Buckles Under Legal Pressure From Gun-Rights Activists
City to allow email applications in bid to avoid court rulings
Stephen Gutowski • December 9, 2020 6:30 pm
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Philadelphians will now be able to submit gun-carry permit applications over email after legal pressure forced the city to reverse a COVID-related shutdown that created a log jam for residents.
Second Amendment advocates filed lawsuits in state and federal courts after the city delayed applications far beyond the 45-day window required by state law. Spokesmen for Gun Owners of America, which filed the state lawsuit, and the Firearms Policy Coalition, which filed the federal challenge, said the city acted out of fear of losing in both cases. Adam Kraut, FPC s director of legal strategy, said the city likely doesn t want its case to move up the federal docket and risk setting a precedent that could affect how localities handle gun-carry applications. He said the legal landscape changed in the wake of the Su
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The 5-4 Thanksgiving eve decision by the Supreme Court striking down an order by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo restricting the size of religious gatherings should serve as a warning to other governors that they cannot impose greater restrictions on religious venues than on other venues, said legal experts.
Those experts contacted by The Jewish Link also stressed that the decision was narrow in scope and does not necessarily foreshadow an embrace of religious issues now that the court has a conservative majority with the addition of Justice Amy Coney Barrett replacing the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The case was brought by Agudath Israel of America and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn.