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In the
Supreme Court of the United States
__________________
MARK CHEESEMAN,
Petitioner,
v.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT . . . . . . i
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
INTEREST OF THE AMICUS CURIAE . . . . . . . . . 1
SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ARGUMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1. New Jersey’s URGENT NECESSITY requirement of
“specific threats or previous attacks” for 2C:58-4
permit issuance is neither “longstanding” or
“presumptively lawful.” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. The theory of preventing the “known and serious
dangers of misuse and accidental use” was not
Legislative Intent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3. Any New Jersey claim that their URGENT
NECESSITY RULE is “presumptively lawful” and
“longstanding” is a mathematic impossibility. . 23
CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
iii
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
CASES
Burton v. Sills,
53 N.J. 86, 248 A.2d 521 (1968) . . . . . . . . . passim
District of Columbia v. Heller,
554 U.S. 570, 128 S. Ct. 2783 (2008) . . . 10, 11, 17
Drake v. Filko,
724 F.3d 426 (3d Cir. 2013) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 22
In re Application of X,
59 N.J. 533, 284 A.2d 530 (1971) . . . . . . . . . 11, 19
In re Preis,
118 NJ 564 (1990) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . passim
In re Winston,
438 N.J. Super. 1 (Super. Ct. App. Div. 2014). . 22
Piszczatoski v. Filko,
840 F. Supp. 2d 813 (D.N.J. 2012) . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Reilly v. State,
59 N.J. 559, 284 A.2d 541 (1971) . . . . . . 11, 12, 19
Serv. Armament Co. v. Hyland,
70 N.J. 550, 362 A.2d 13 (1976) . . . . . . . . . . 24, 25
Siccardi v. State,
59 N.J. 545, 284 A.2d 533 (1971) . . . . . . . . passim
State v. Gratz,
86 N.J.L. 482, 92 A. 88 (1914) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
iv
1
No counsel for any party authored this brief in whole or in part,
nor did any counsel or party make any monetary contribution
intended to fund the preparation or submission of this brief. All
parties’ counsel of record received timely notice of the intended
filing of this brief, and all consented to its filing.
2
2
The former designation of today’s 2C:58-4 prior to recodification.
3
3
Formerly NJSA 2A:141-44, now 2C:58-4.
4
4
To understand Sills’ term “unfit elements of society,” See Burton
at 91, 93 and 105 (New Jersey’s Gun Control Law is highly
purposed and conscientiously designed toward preventing criminal
and other unfit elements from acquiring firearms while enabling
the fit elements of society to obtain them with minimal burdens
and inconveniences.)
10
5
Zimring – the individual who admitted in the New York Times
that his job was suspect and like that of a gypsy fortune teller.
21
Respectfully submitted,
Stephen D. Stamboulieh
Counsel of Record
Stamboulieh Law, PLLC
P.O. Box 4008
Madison, MS 39130
(601) 852-3440
Stephen@sdslaw.us