Rapper Dom Kennedy has sued the Los Angeles Police Department for unconstitutional gun laws.
He and a man named Garry Matthews claim the city’s firearms policies are “unconstitutional,” with their class-action lawsuit. They want to get rid of the restrictive gun laws in Los Angeles.
“The City’s and the Board’s and LAPD’s unconstitutional ‘no-issue’ CCW policies (concealed weapons permit) and other unconstitutional gun control laws, which were officially adopted and promulgated by the City’s policymakers, caused [Dom Kennedy and Matthews] and the other members of the Arrest Class and the Nonresident Class to be arrested and detained merely for the permissible Second Amendment conduct of carrying a handgun for general self-defense outside the home or place of business,” the lawsuit reads per AllHipHop.
The men are requesting damages for themselves and others impacted by the laws. They also want their court costs and attorney fees covered.
“The two key, undisputed facts in this case are that there were no actions that the Plaintiffs or the other class members could have taken during the relevant time period that would have allowed them to carry a handgun for general self-defense in the City of Los Angeles. (1) the City’s Police Chief refuses to issue CCWs for the lawful Second Amendment purpose of general self-defense; and (2) the City’s Police Chief vigorously enforces laws criminalizing carrying a handgun outside the home without a CCW,” says their lawyer.
Will they be able to defeat the LAPD?
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