Late yesterday, Chief Counsel Joshua Prince, assisted by Lawyer Dillon Harris, secured two monumental Orders by the Third Circuit granting reconsideration Williams v. Lawyer Normal, 19-2694, vacating its and the district courtroom’s prior choices discovering that Mr. Williams couldn’t carry a profitable Second Modification as-applied problem to his putative federal firearms prohibition stemming from a second DUI, and remanding the matter to the district courtroom for reconsideration in mild of Bruen v. NYSRPA, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022).
Upon it being remanded to the Japanese District of Pennsylvania, because of Decide Robert F. Kelly now not being a choose of the courtroom, it was reassigned to Decide John M. Younge, a Trump appointee.
We now await additional course from Decide Younge, as as to if he’ll merely problem a call or whether or not he’ll search further briefing. Whereas the result for Mr. Williams and others who’re equally located is just not but identified, primarily based on the Bruen evaluation and there not being any custom on this Nation of stripping people of their Second Modification rights because of DUI on the time of our founding, it could seem that Mr. Williams must be profitable.
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I deal with instances on the Federal and State stage for each FFLs and people. On the federal and state ranges for people, I actively defend the 2nd Modification of the US Structure and Part 21 of the PA Structure, in addition to, assist people with:
– License to Carry Firearms Denials;
– Challenges to Inaccurate PICS Denials;
– Aid from Firearms Disabilities;
– Property Planning Recommendation;
– Gun/NFA Trusts; and
– 42 USC 1983 Actions for Deprivation of Civil Rights
At each the state and federal ranges, I signify FFLs and SOTs all through Pennsylvania and the US concerning:
– ATF Compliance Inspections;
– Warning Letters and Hearings;
– FFL Revocations;
– Company Construction Recommendation
– Indoor/Out of doors Vary Implementation; and
– Forfeiture Proceedings
In following my love for firearms and firearms legislation, I’ve taught a number of Persevering with Authorized Training (CLE) seminars on Firearms in Estates and Trusts and Firearms Legislation 101 for a number of Bar Associations, together with Berks, Cumberland, and Dauphin Counties. I additionally deliberate and taught a number of Firearms in Estates CLE lessons for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI).
Whereas at Widener Legislation Faculty, I used to be a member of the Widener Legislation Journal. I wrote an article on the Inaccuracy of the Nationwide Firearms Registration and Switch Document (NFRTR). I additionally had an article revealed on Payment Disputes in Staff Compensation instances within the Widener Legislation Journal, Quantity 18, No. 2.
You possibly can typically discover me posting on a number of web boards, together with Subguns, Uzitalk, AR15, and PAFOA. I additionally maintain PA Firearms Legislation lessons for native ranges to tell the general public on the firearm legal guidelines of the Commonwealth.
Following in my father’s footsteps, I’m additionally a Board member for the Pottstown Police Athletic League (PAL).
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