After being detained for strolling around a suburban park with a Draco pistol, Leonard Embody tried suing the officers who detained him. If you’re not familiar with his story, I’ve got background here. In short, and as usual, he lost.
He then appealed to the 6th Circuit, who were none too sympathetic [pdf].
For his troubles, Embody has done something rare: He has taken a position on the Second and Fourth Amendment that unites the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence and the Second Amendment Foundation. Both organizations think that the park ranger permissibly disarmed and detained Leonard Embody that day, notwithstanding his rights to possess the gun. So do we.
Just savor the irony, folks.
In short, the Court found that Embody got exactly what he was seeking, just not the outcome for which he’d hoped.
Having worked hard to appear suspicious in an armed-and-loaded visit to the park, Embody cannot cry foul after park rangers, to say nothing of passers-by, took the bait.
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