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Unpublished Paper
ANATOMY OF A CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE TO STATE LAWS
ExpressO (2011)
  • Chuck Klein
Abstract

The issue that began in 1972 with a chance meeting at a cocktail party between myself, as a LEO, and my state senator. I did him a favor by advising him on a personal matter involving law enforcement. Twenty-five or so years later, he returned the favor, as Ohio Senate President, by forcing a concealed firearms vote. The actual case involved finding a person who was under arrest for CCW and would agree to fight the charge as a constitutional challenge (I he lost he knew he would not only go to prison, but would lose his right to own firearms. In addition, it involved finding a lawyer who would take the case under my terms. The case generated enough publicity to attract full funding from a 2nd Amendment organization (lawyer fees totaled over $50K).

Keywords
  • constitutional,
  • legal chalenges,
  • concealed weapons,
  • firearms,
  • second amendment
Disciplines
Publication Date
December 7, 2011
Citation Information
Chuck Klein. "ANATOMY OF A CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE TO STATE LAWS" ExpressO (2011)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/chuck_klein/1/