Our great nation was founded upon our forefathers refusing to be abused by an oppressive British government any longer. They were prepared to lay down their very lives and many did during the war that ensued to claim our independence. They believed that many of our rights were being ignored or taken away and in some cases never recognized in the first place
Those rights are precious to every American and in many cases left to criminal defense attorneys to preserve. In June of 2008, the United States Supreme Court made a ruling that interpreted this very simple but controversial sentence.
In The Bill of Rights, the 2nd amendment reads:
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed”.
Firearm owners in this country are tired of being considered criminals, gun nuts or simply paranoid and a threat to society. After over 100 years of silence, the Supreme Court finally made a ruling on the meaning of this extremely important right.
The Supreme Court felt that Americans do not need to be members of a “well regulated militia” to ‘keep” and “bear arms”. The rights of the people to possess firearms (arms) “SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED”
They further went on to say that Americans possessing arms was and still is necessary to remain a free nation. When governments remove all of the weapons from its citizens it is free to abuse them in any way it sees fit without resistance. This was the same reason we declared our independence from British rule in the first place.
Firearm owners are being harassed and imprisoned in several area’s of our nation for simply possessing legally obtained firearms. Defense attorneys are sometimes all that stands between an individual and the government who is attempting to ignore our most basic rights.
Imhoff and Associates has defended and protected the rights of thousands of clients. The individual states and local governments are still allowed to make rules and regulations about the type of firearms, requirements to purchase and own one and other types of regulations but they are prohibited from preventing law abiding citizens from possessing firearms in their homes and businesses. These complex issues can often lead an otherwise law abiding person to be jailed or fined for what may amount to an unconstitutional action by the police or government.
Don’t let your rights be taken from you. We will fight for you so justice will prevail in your case as well as protect all of the rights of the citizens of our nation.