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Private security company owner wins federal court standing to sue the D.C. government to prevent further arrest efforts over gun possession.

By Marks & Katz, LLC

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Robert L. Ord owns a Virginia-based private security company. As the D.C. Circuit tells it:  "In 2007, the Virginia Circuit Court of Orange County appointed appellant Robert Ord a Special  Conservator of the Peace (SCOP). That order authorized Ord to carry firearms while acting in the course of his duties. It also designated him a 'Qualified Law Enforcement Officer' with respect to certain provisions of Virginia and federal law, including the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004. Known as LEOSA, that statute allows officers to carry concealed firearms notwithstanding contrary state law. See 18 U.S.C. § 926B." Ord v. D.C., _ F.3d _ (D.C. Cir., Dec. 4, 2009).  Perhaps still smarting over its loss in the landmark Second Amendment case of District of Columbia v...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on December 07, 2009 (boomark / email).

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