West Virginia: Major Legal Victory for Gun Owners

By AmmoLand Editor Duncan Johnson

West Virginia –-(Ammoland.com)- Finally, after more than four years, the WVCDL’s suit against the City of Charleston has been decided, to include the suit filed by the City of Charleston, against the WVCDL. Yes. We have the honor of being the only civil rights organization, that to my knowledge, that has been sued by a city in West Virginia.

WVCDL members that are Charleston residents, your own city government sued you.

But it has been resolved.

The full text of the ruling can be found here.

High points of the ruling:

• The illegal portions of Charleston’s ordinance banning firearms at: “… all parks and recreation buildings and facilities, including recreation centers, playgrounds, swimming pools, dressing areas, tennis courts, parks and recreation areas and all parking facilities …” is null and void.
• School property remains off limits (excepting pickup and drop off per SB388), and any property to which the school systems hold deed, title, or lease, is a felony. This includes the Martin Luther King, Jr. Recreational Center.
• Definition of the term “securely stored:” “… as being on one’s person and in a holster, purse, or bag so as long as the weapon remains attached …Read the Rest

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