Of course, the Ninth Circuit is the most liberal court in the land, so if someone has the courage and backing to challenge to the Supreme Court, the law could still be overturned....Hoi Polloi wrote:The all-knowing WikipediaLiberty wrote:I think its worthy to note that not one single person has been tried or convicted under the Federal Gun free zone thing.says that several have been tried under it and all have lost.
In a 2005 Appellate case, United States v Dorsey the minor changes of the revised law were specifically challenged. In the Dorsey case, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the minor changes were indeed sufficient to correct the issues that had caused the original 1990 law to be struck down in United States v Lopez, and they upheld Dorsey's conviction under the revised 1995 version of the law.
Other convictions upheld post-Lopez under the revised Gun Free School Zone Act of 1995 include:
United States v Danks (1999)
United States v Tait (2000)
United States v Smith (2005)
United States v Nieves-Castaño (2007)
United States v Weekes (2007)
United States v Benally (2007)
United States v Cruz-Rodriguez (2008)
Most of us want to live our lives hassle free, so we avoid doing things to deliberately agitate law enforcement....