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The arrest of a Connecticut man for refusing to show his gun permit — dismissed by a prosecutor as a “nothing case” — now has two state agencies battling in court, with the individual’s right to carry hanging in the balance.
The peculiar case started when Scott Lazurek, a security guard, was arrested in June 2013 for failing to show police his gun permit. He was stopped for walking in public with a hip-holstered pistol — when he refused to show his documentation, which he actually had on him, that permit was revoked.
The following month, though, a judge dismissed the charge of interfering with a police officer. The prosecutor, Assistant State’s Attorney John Barney, said Lazurek was basically arrested for being “stubborn” and giving police a “hard time” — not for a permit violation.
October 8th, 2014 at 5:40 pm
Good ol’ Contempt of Cop. One size fits all.
October 8th, 2014 at 5:43 pm
Although my little redheaded dynamo of a wife is from Hartford, and we used to visit her folks up there, I really don’t know the gun laws in Connecticut. It seems to me though, that either he is required by law to show the police his permit under the given circumstances and he is guilty, or he is not so required and is being harassed for standing up for his rights. If the latter is the case then perhaps he should sue the responsible agency.
October 9th, 2014 at 2:21 am
The prosecutor, Assistant State’s Attorney John Barney, said Lazurek was basically arrested for being “stubborn”
When this is a crime, you have been Fucked Out Of Your Rights.
Had enough yet??
October 9th, 2014 at 8:34 am
He was stopped for walking in public with a hip-holstered pistol..
That very action is ILLEGAL! The state cannot stop an open carrier to check if they are criminals, because they are open carrying.
It is not like a traffic stop where driving is a state allowed privilege.
October 9th, 2014 at 8:43 am
Latest case is US V Black 2013 4th circuit. The 13th and 14th pages cover it very well.
http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/Published/115084.p.pdf