Veteran Successfully Challenges Public Housing Gun Ban

By Cam Edwards

Tom Chapin is a gun owner in Menomonie, Wisconsin, but until recently he wasn’t allowed to have his guns in his home. He wasn’t subjected to a red flag or order or anything like that. The military veteran lives in a property owned by the Housing Authority of the City of Menomonie, and they ban firearms in their properties, or at least they did until a group called the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty got involved.

In a May 2019 letter to the Housing Authority, WILL Deputy Counsel Tom Kamenick wrote, in part, “We are aware of no ban on firearm ownership by residents of public housing that has survived a legal challenge. The Authority’s ban plainly violates the constitutional rights of Mr. Chapin and all other residents of the Authority’s housing.”

Upon receipt of WILL’s letter, the city housing authority agreed to stop enforcing the gun ban and to remove the ban from all leases by April 2020. A formal agreement was signed on Sept. 13.

Good. Bans on firearms in public housing are some of the most egregious violations of the 2nd Amendment rights of Americans, n my opinion. Governments exist to protect our …Read the Rest

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