To: The Massachusetts State House, The Massachusetts State Senate, and Governor Charlie Baker
Support Ron Amidon !
Keep Ron Amidon as Commissioner of the Department of Fish & Game.
Why is this important?
Court cases like Commonwealth vs Jonathan Villagran demonstrate Massachusetts gun laws don't work.
Villagran Decision Makes Public Schools Less Safe
In a dissent joined by Justice Elspeth Cypher, Justice David Lowy stated the obvious: any individual “who attempts to gain entry to a school, where public access is restricted, does not have the same expectation of privacy as an individual in a home, on a street corner, or even in a motor vehicle.” Justice Lowy would have found Sgt. Murphy’s patfrisk and search reasonable under the Fourth Amendment. The alternative, he wrote, “would have been to return the backpack [to the suspect] and release him, without knowing what the bag contained, at a time students were likely milling about the school grounds.” The bottom line is the Villagran decision makes public schools less safe
http://masscases.com/cases/sjc/477/477mass711.html
Removing a qualified person, like Ron Amidon, as Commissioner of Fish & Game is a knee-jerk reaction NOT a long-term solution to Massachusetts gun laws.
Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your family and friends.
Thanks!
Julie Farrell
Villagran Decision Makes Public Schools Less Safe
In a dissent joined by Justice Elspeth Cypher, Justice David Lowy stated the obvious: any individual “who attempts to gain entry to a school, where public access is restricted, does not have the same expectation of privacy as an individual in a home, on a street corner, or even in a motor vehicle.” Justice Lowy would have found Sgt. Murphy’s patfrisk and search reasonable under the Fourth Amendment. The alternative, he wrote, “would have been to return the backpack [to the suspect] and release him, without knowing what the bag contained, at a time students were likely milling about the school grounds.” The bottom line is the Villagran decision makes public schools less safe
http://masscases.com/cases/sjc/477/477mass711.html
Removing a qualified person, like Ron Amidon, as Commissioner of Fish & Game is a knee-jerk reaction NOT a long-term solution to Massachusetts gun laws.
Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your family and friends.
Thanks!
Julie Farrell