Ryan Horsley seems confident that he will triumph over a government shakedown that has cost his family business about $200,000 in legal fees, as he fights to keep Red’s Trading Post, a fourth-generation firearms store, in operation.I don't know why it should take so long to reach a decision that ought to be obvious, but it is what it is. Pray the judge is an honorable man and Ryan gets the justice he seeks.
Red’s is Idaho’s oldest surviving firearms dealership. Sometime this summer, federal judge Ed Lodge, who’s best known for presiding over the dramatic Randy Weaver case, will decide if the federal government is right in claiming that Red’s “willfully” violated the law by making a relatively small number of clerical mistakes in its firearms sales records.
Let's hope he is of a mind that BATFU vindictiveness is not how federal authority is supposed to be exercised.
Why does it take so long??? I mean, I can slightly understand the Supreme Court taking a while to "flesh out" what "shall not be infringed" means, but, come on... should a lower court really take month(s) to figure out if a willful violation occurred?
ReplyDeleteI would motion for the .gov to pay attorneys fees.