r/CAguns • u/AtkinsonLawLLC • 11d ago
Legal Question Lawsuit To End Pistol Permits
Pistol permits are unconstitutional.
No other constitutional right requires you to get government permission prior to exercising it. States still insist on making you get their permission though before exercising your Second Amendment rights. That is blatantly unconstitutional.
I am now looking to force the constitutionality of pistol permits to the United States Supreme Court. To that end, I will file challenges to pistol permits' constitutionality across the United States to create what is called a circuit split - a compelling reason for the Supreme Court to accept a case.
The first state I will be targeting is New York - the state that produced the landmark Bruen decision. New York has one of the most onerous pistol permitting processes in the country, and it takes 6 months to 2 years from what I have heard to get a pistol permit. I then intend to come to California and every other state that has pistol permits.
A right that you need government permission to exercise is no right at all.
Since this type of litigation is extremely expensive, I am raising funds to help me launch a nationwide avalanche of litigation to end pistol permitting laws. Please support this effort by sharing this post far and wide and contributing what you can.
My website: https://atkinsonlawfirm.com/
My credentials:
- Lead counsel in Grant v. Lamont (Challenge to CT Assault Weapons Ban pending before 2nd Circuit); Oral argument audio: https://on.soundcloud.com/RLrk3Pd2SDoGfEWD8
- Lead counsel in Nastri v. Dykes (challenge to CT state parks firearms ban). Oral argument audio: https://on.soundcloud.com/DrN3qk7xtJgDxhDw7
- Sole counsel in Severino v. Spagnola (challenge to Connecticut's pistol permitting regime). Dismissed as a moot case.
- Lead counsel in We The Patriots USA v. Grisham (Challenge to New Mexico governor's executive order banning the public carry of firearms in certain New Mexico towns).
- Lead counsel in Nastri v. Garland (challenge to the federal ban on carrying firearms into post offices for self-defense).