SAF AIMS AT N.C. ‘EMRG. POWERS’ GUN BAN

The Second Amendment Foundation on Monday filed a federal lawsuit in North Carolina, mind seeking a permanent injunction against the governor, stomach local officials and local governments from declaring states of emergency under which private citizens are prohibited from exercising their right to bear arms.

 Joining SAF in this lawsuit are Grass Roots North Carolina – the state’s leading gun rights organization, malady and three private citizens, Michael Bateman, Virgil Green and Forrest Minges, Jr. Named as defendants in the federal lawsuit are North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue; Reuben Young, secretary of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety; Stokes County and the City of King. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

 The lawsuit contends that state statutes that forbid the carrying of firearms and ammunition during declared states of emergency are unconstitutional. Plaintiffs also contend that a North Carolina law that allows government officials to prohibit the purchase, sale and possession of firearms and ammunition are also unconstitutional because they forbid the exercise of Second Amendment rights as affirmed by Monday’s Supreme Court ruling in McDonald v. City of Chicago, the landmark Second Amendment ruling that incorporated the Second Amendment to the states.-[source]