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Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2000 13:40
Subject: [Anti-AntiGunLobby] Successful lawsuit against city of Houston, TX


From: gsdknorr@webtv.net

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GUN
OWNERS ALLIANCE
!!ALERT!!
Chris
W. Stark - Director
P.O.
Box 1924
Crosby,
Texas 77532-1924
Ph. 1-281-787-4111 Fax
1-281-328-7505
http://www.GOA-Texas.org
email:
Director@GOA-Texas.org
22
January 2000

Gun
show regulations hit a snag
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Just more proof folks, that it is a strategic move to file a lawsuit in
Texas against the Cities and Mayors that are suing the gun
manufacturers, because of the pro-gun Judges we have here in Texas. This
lawsuit is being filed by the "Civil Liberties Defense Foundation" . The
lawsuit I am in reference to can be found at
http://www.goa-texas.org/tx_lawsuit-1.htm and also at
http://www.goa-texas.org/tx_lawsuit-2.htm
If you do not have website access, please e-mail me, and I will send you
the original e-mail alert pertaining to this lawsuit against the Cities
and Mayors that are suing the gun manufacturers.
The Civil Liberties Defense Foundation website can be found at:
http://www.libertydefense.com/
BACK THE LAWSUIT!!! ITS YOUR FREEDOM, YOUR CHILDREN'S, AND THEIR
CHILDREN
THAT IS AT STAKE!
http://www.goa-texas.org/tx_lawsuit-1.htm
http://www.goa-texas.org/tx_lawsuit-2.htm
With Respect,
Gun Owners Alliance
Chris W. Stark - Director

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http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/436674

Jan. 21, 2000, 10:11PM
Gun show regulations hit a snag
By MATT SCHWART

Copyright 2000 Houston Chronicle

The city of Houston this week continued to shoot blanks in its attempt
to regulate gun shows at the George R. Brown Convention Center.

The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a lower court
ruling that shot down a city ordinance requiring show promoters to
remove firing pins and install trigger locks on all weapons displayed at
city-owned facilities.

In doing so, the court also affirmed a jury verdict ordering the city to
pay more than $383,000 in lost profits and attorneys fees to a Houston
gun show operator.

The operator of High Caliber Gun and Knife Shows Inc., Todd Bean, sued
the city in 1996, claiming the 1993 ordinance all but banned gun shows
from the convention center.

City officials said the intent was to protect public safety, but Bean
said the ordinance provisions were too onerous for a small operator to
be able to put on a profitable show.

In addition to mandating trigger restraints and the removal of firing
pins from all weapons on city grounds, the ordinance mandated that all
entrants to gun shows at city-owned facilities fill out forms declaring
all firearms in their possession.
"It made it physically impossible to do the shows," Bean said. "They
required trigger locks, which would have cost me upwards of $100,000 to
purchase. And I'm a one-person operation. It just wasn't cost effective
to me. The second part was they required firing pins removed. And not
all guns can have the firing pins removed without damaging the guns."

Bean's lawsuit claimed the city was preempted by state and federal law
from regulating weapons.

U.S. District Court Judge Melinda Harmon agreed, enjoined the city from
enforcing the ordinance and ruled Bean was entitled to damages from the
city for the loss of business.

A jury awarded Bean $329,000 in lost profits and more than $54,000 in
legal fees.

Bean called Thursday's ruling "vindication for the little guy."

He said that since Harmon struck down the ordinance in 1997, he has held
about five shows a year at the George R. Brown Convention Center. The
next one is scheduled for Feb. 12-13.

Bean said he hires off-duty police officers to check all weapons brought
into the convention center to make sure they are unloaded. He said he
uses plastic tie-wraps around the triggers of all guns on display,
rendering them unable to fire.
Gerard J. "Jordy" Tollett, director of the city's Department of
Convention and Entertainment Facilities, said "I don't know why we can't
regulate someone from coming in with a loaded firearm."
Tollett said, "It's a public building. There are other shows in there at
the same time. Bullets can penetrate our walls. I just thought it was a
very safe way to do gun shows."

Two people were slightly injured at a convention center show in 1990
when a man loaded a handgun he had brought to the show and accidentally
fired it while demonstrating to a potential customer. The two people
were struck by bullet fragments and taken to the hospital, where they
were treated and released.
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http://www.goa-texas.org/tx_lawsuit-2.htm
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