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  1. Jim Ostrowski

    2ANY founder running for Erie county sheriff?

    I responded to the alleged 1791 email on Facebook.
  2. Jim Ostrowski

    Ben Wassell SAFE Act Appeal Filed

    That's a fair assessment. I could have added that my book discusses a prior case of mine, Bordeleau v. NY State, as having been wrongly decided due to using ideology over the text of the Constitution. Not to brag, but my book is the first to lay out a clear definition of the term progressive...
  3. Jim Ostrowski

    Ben Wassell SAFE Act Appeal Filed

    That's correct and all three charges depend on unlawful possession which we did not think was proven.
  4. Jim Ostrowski

    Ben Wassell SAFE Act Appeal Filed

    The 4th Department is not a friendly place for the 2nd Amendment as I have found so that's in there for further appeals. The core of the case is poor jury instructions. That's not a technicality and that's our best chance to win on appeal.
  5. Jim Ostrowski

    Ben Wassell SAFE Act Appeal Filed

    Just so people know where I am coming from. I have practiced law for 35 years, doing trials and appeals in state and federal courts in civil and criminal cases. I like to joke that there are exactly two lawyers in Buffalo who do what I do. The other guy represents rich people and I represent...
  6. Jim Ostrowski

    Ben Wassell SAFE Act Appeal Filed

    Let me know if you can bring up the brief, thanks.
  7. Jim Ostrowski

    Ben Wassell SAFE Act Appeal Filed

    I tried several times to post the brief. Sorry. It's posted on my Twitter account and Facebook page. JimOstrowski (@JimOstrowski) | Twitter Jim Ostrowski
  8. Jim Ostrowski

    Ben Wassell SAFE Act Appeal Filed

    Here is the brief: Here is the fundraising page: I hope we have a packed courtroom in Rochester at oral argument, TBA.
  9. Jim Ostrowski

    Ben Wassell SAFE Act Appeal Filed

    Well that didn't work. Not sure why and cannot find the delete button. Murphy's Law.
  10. Jim Ostrowski

    Ben Wassell SAFE Act Appeal Filed

    Last week, I filed an appeal for Ben Wassell, the first man convicted of SAFE Act-related charges. Here is the brief: I trust you will find the brief very interesting. Ben's an ex-Marine with a family. If you would like to help defray his legal expenses, follow this link.
  11. Jim Ostrowski

    Major Change In NY Pistol Permit Cases

    Mongielo, Gurnett's petition was denied. I will ask him to take that down, very little was raised there.
  12. Jim Ostrowski

    Brief Filed Against Sullivan Act

    Thanks, that program was a great success and we WILL follow up but the day job has been brutal. The appeal is simply part of a larger strategy which includes educating the public, and judges! about the true nature of the Second Amendment. Thanks! Keep in mind that I have no organization or...
  13. Jim Ostrowski

    Major Change In NY Pistol Permit Cases

    Our brief on appeal in LP v. Cuomo, a case challenging the Sullivan Act, has been filed. See below. The case will be argued in the Second Circuit in Manhattan at a date to be announced. Many activities will be planned for that day, including a rally outside the courthouse and a press...
  14. Jim Ostrowski

    Second Amendment Town Hall on Strategy

    Our brief on appeal in LP v. Cuomo, a case challenging the Sullivan Act, has been filed. See below. The case will be argued in the Second Circuit in Manhattan at a date to be announced. Many activities will be planned for that day, including a rally outside the courthouse and a press...
  15. Jim Ostrowski

    Saw this gofundme early today

    That refers to a future possibility, not actual allegations.
  16. Jim Ostrowski

    Brief Filed Against Sullivan Act

    Our brief on appeal in LP v. Cuomo, a case challenging the Sullivan Act, has been filed. See below. The case will be argued in the Second Circuit in Manhattan at a date to be announced. Many activities will be planned for that day, including a rally outside the courthouse and a press...
  17. Jim Ostrowski

    Saw this gofundme early today

    Our brief in the case against the Sullivan Act has been filed. Here is a link. Please pass this around. Oral argument in Manhattan TBA. (There will be a pro-2nd Amendment rally on the steps of the courthouse (in hostile territory, Manhattan)). This case is being done "on a shoestring."...
  18. Jim Ostrowski

    Second Amendment Town Hall on Strategy

    Reminder, Town Hall Sunday. Bring your best ideas.
  19. Jim Ostrowski

    Second Amendment Town Hall on Strategy

    If you think we are winning, then don't come. We are not winning in NY. Several states have cracked down as has Trump himself. We have lost the young people. The average age of people at gun meetings is 60. There is no NY court decision that is pro-Second Amendment since Heller!
  20. Jim Ostrowski

    Second Amendment Town Hall on Strategy

    SECOND AMENDMENT TOWN HALL ON STRATEGY BRING YOUR BEST IDEAS OPEN TO ALL SUPPORTERS OF THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS Where: Days Inn 200 Oak St, Batavia, NY 14020 When: Sunday, April 15, 2018 from 2:00pm-4:00pm Cost: Free It is not required, but if you can, please pre-register by emailing and...
  21. Jim Ostrowski

    Second Amendment Town Hall on Strategy

    You want to force people to tell the truth? How will that work?
  22. Jim Ostrowski

    Major Change In NY Pistol Permit Cases

    SECOND AMENDMENT NEWS ALERT By Jim Ostrowski On December 7, 2017, the New York State Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics issued a startling ethics opinion on judges who are pistol permit licensing officers. Apparently upending decades of practices, they concluded that “a judge...
  23. Jim Ostrowski

    Nys gun lawsuit

    Thanks all. The Gurnett case raises the same issues but is now in the US Supreme Court on a writ (motion for permission to appeal). That was a revocation case that went through the state courts. That fund has barely covered costs so the attorneys have not been paid anything at this point.
  24. Jim Ostrowski

    Nys gun lawsuit

    I noticed two donations came in. I believe because of this discussion. Thanks!
  25. Jim Ostrowski

    Nys gun lawsuit

    No easy answers but they will take one of these cases, just a matter of time.
  26. Jim Ostrowski

    Nys gun lawsuit

    That case was funded by 50 people putting up 100 dollars. Take a look at the defendants' lawyers, the State AG and three huge corporate firms including Cravath!
  27. Jim Ostrowski

    Nys gun lawsuit

    BTW, a lot of the corruption and corruption trials grow out of that 5-2 tossing aside of the constitutional ban on corporate subsidies.
  28. Jim Ostrowski

    Nys gun lawsuit

    Thanks! A little bit about my policy on these matters. I hate wasting people's money. On the Pork Lawsuit, we won 5-0 in the Appellate Division. I thought I won the oral argument in the Court of Appeals and was ready to file more suits if we won there. When we lost 5-2 with blistering...
  29. Jim Ostrowski

    Nys gun lawsuit

    I came across this thread and thought I should respond. This case has dragged through the courts for reasons beyond our control but its genesis was my firm belief that the pistol permit law was unconstitutional under Heller. The first group of plaintiffs chose not to pursue the lawsuit after...
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