More Puerto Rico 2A Progress...

[ELB]

Another post at Volokh Conspiracy points to a recent decision that -- again -- tells the PR government that having and bearing arms is a right, not a privilege granted by the state, and essentially tells the cops to stop harrassing [my characterization] licensed gun owners. At the post is someone's English-language summary of the decision, which is written in Spanish. Any Spanish speakers/readers here wanna jump in and double check, here's the decision:

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A snippet of the English language summary:

The Court found that these practices [harrassment by the police] do not comply with either the spirit or the letter of the PR Firearms Statute and granted specific relief as well as making general pronouncements to educate the Police. It agreed that Firearms ownership is a fundamental right, not a privilege, but read McDonald to say that the right is more important as applied to the home.

The summarizer believes there will be more decisions coming out of this case.

Some of the practices of the police included seizing private firearms without probable cause or judicial order, then failing to hold a statutorily-required hearing where the owner could try to get them back; intrusive inspections in the homes of firearms owners; frequent, unannounced, and intrusive inspections of gun shops and gunsmiths.

Previous PR 2A goodness here: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=44996&p=546867&hili ... co#p546867" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;