U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Appeal in Second Amendment Case,
Refuses to Prohibit Police from Using Lawful Gun Ownership
as a Trigger for ‘No-Knock’ Police Raids:
EXCERPTS:
"The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal and refused to hear the case of a man in Texas who was SWAT teamed by police in a ‘no-knock’ raid, under the justification that he was a registered gun owner."
"A lower court had originally ruled that police acted within the law when they entered John Quinn’s house unannounced on the suspicion that he had legally-owned firearms in his possession.By refusing to grant a petition for certiorari on the ruling, the Supreme Court has essentially sanctioned the notion that police need not abide by the Fourth Amendment if they suspect there are firearms in a person’s home. The refusal to hear the case also upholds significant intrusions on Second Amendment rights."
"Civil rights group The Rutherford Institute took up the case following the lower court rejection of Quinn’s objection to the “no-knock” entry. In the petition to the Supreme Court, Rutherford attorneys presented the argument that Americans legally owning firearms and exercising Second Amendment rights is not sufficient grounds to define police as being in danger during the execution of search warrants. Thus, attorneys submitted, the raid was unconstitutional."
