AmmoLand Cited in DC Mass Transportation Second Amendment Case
Weingarten, 1884 New York Street Car Scene Shows Carry of Pistols Common Before 1911.
Ammoland (September 18, 2022) (Exhibit 6, hereto.)
By Dean Weingarten. Jan 23, 2023
AmmoLand has been cited in the Angelo v. District of Columbia case. The case is a challenge of the constitutionality of a ban on carrying arms on public transportation in the District of Columbia.
The AmmoLand article is cited, and the illustration is shown, on page 27 of the Memorandum of Points and Authorities submitted to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, on October 30, 2022.
The article in AmmoLand about the illustration of the street car scene in New York came about in this manner:
The illustration was published on Freerepublic.com as part of a discussion about a proposed NY law to restrict ammunition by a Freeper with the screen name of Ruy Dias de Bivar, on post #24.
This correspondent inquired of the provenance of the image, and learned it came from The Remington Historical Treasury of American Guns, published in 1966.
This correspondent obtained a copy of the Remington Historical Treasury of American Guns, which credited the New York Public Library Picture Collection. The New York Library Picture Collection was contacted. They found a somewhat later version of the image was published in the Police Gazzette, on April 19, 1884. .....