1. The law was passed in violation of the Minnesota Constitution because it was a rider on a DNR bill;
2. The gun law infringes on the property rights and the city by allowing people to intrude with guns and without compensation to the property owners; and
3. The church groups allege the law violates their guarantee of religious freedom.
I will not address the first part, for I'll have to research that matter.
I want the Mayor to explain to me why our taxes will be spent on a lawsuit to deny citizens, who so choose, access to armed self-defense against criminal attack; how the gun law infringes a City property right when the City itself is a creation of the citizenry and who collectively own City property; how the City can claim a property right in the Minnesota Constitution when the Minnesota Bill of Rights addresses the rights of citizens, not of government, and further, government has only authority granted to it, not rights ; how the City can invoke the takings clause of the Minnesota Bill of Rights, when Article I, Section 13 addresses the taking of property by government without just compensation, not by an individual against another individual nor a government entity; and how the law is a violation of the City's religious freedom, when there is no established City Church.
Neal Krasnoff Loring Park
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