dogtown tom
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Last August, Metcalf had been seen by numerous parents with a firearm on his property across from an elementary school. While Billings PD said he didn't violate any state law, so the feds arrested him for violating federal law.
The law being the federal Gun Free Schools Zones Act, which says possession of a firearm within 1,000ft of a school is prohibited. One of several exemptions is if the person holds a firearm permit from that state.
Metcalf admitted to leaving his property and carrying the firearm on the sidewalk, his defense being that Montana law specifically exempted every Montanan from the firearm permit requirements of the GFSZA.
The court disagreed US vs Metcalf
The intent of the GFSZA was to make it a federal crime for a drug dealer near a school who happened to be armed. Well intentioned, but terrible in execution as it makes any one of us a felon when we drive out of state and do not possess a firearm permit from that state. Reciprocity doesn't apply.
Further, Metcalf is a nutjob.
The law being the federal Gun Free Schools Zones Act, which says possession of a firearm within 1,000ft of a school is prohibited. One of several exemptions is if the person holds a firearm permit from that state.
Metcalf admitted to leaving his property and carrying the firearm on the sidewalk, his defense being that Montana law specifically exempted every Montanan from the firearm permit requirements of the GFSZA.
The court disagreed US vs Metcalf
The intent of the GFSZA was to make it a federal crime for a drug dealer near a school who happened to be armed. Well intentioned, but terrible in execution as it makes any one of us a felon when we drive out of state and do not possess a firearm permit from that state. Reciprocity doesn't apply.
Further, Metcalf is a nutjob.