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Phoenix Bans Pro-Gun Rights Ad, Pulls Down Signs
Gun rights activists may be spending as much time fighting for their First Amendment rights as for their Second Amendment rights these days.
One of the most important battles is taking place in Phoenix, where a business owner is fighting for the right to post signs that say “Guns Save Lives” on bus stop shelters.
The signs were taken down at the order of city officials in October 2010, even though Alan Korwin had paid a private company called CBS Outdoors $11,000 to put them up. Officials argued that the signs didn’t meet the requirements of advertising because they didn’t provide “adequate notice of a commercial transaction.”
Korwin disagrees and he has sued the city alleging that it violated his First Amendment right to free speech. A lower court ruled on behalf of the city but Korwin has appealed and arguments in his appeal were heard on Dec. 3. Judge Patricia K. Norris has not yet ruled.
ACLU And Others Defending Gun Advocate
“This about whether the city can tell people what they can say or not,” Korwin said. The Goldwater Institute is representing Korwin through its Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation.
The America Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a brief on Korwin’s behalf.
Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/2013/12/21/phoenix-bans-pro-gun-rights-ad-pulls-down-signs/
