In Memory Of Second Amendment Advocate and Fresno District Attorney Ed Hunt
Former Fresno County District Attorney Ed Hunt passed away on April 21st at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Fresno California. He suffered a heart attack a week earlier and was 69 years old. A memorial service was held on April 30th at the First Presbyterian Church in Fresno. He is survived by Linda, his loving wife of 32 years, his daughter Tami, and his step son Steve Airman. He is also survived by his loving dogs Boomer and Gunner.
Hunt served as a District Attorney for Fresno County for 27 years from 1975-2002. He became the District Attorney for Fresno County in 1982. During his time as District Attorney he was a popular and influential member of the community. He loved Fresno, and as the District Attorney it was his mission to make it a better place. During his time at the DA’s office, Hunt was the mentor of current Fresno District Attorney Elizabeth Egan.
Ed Hunt was well known among Second Amendment activists for supporting the right to keep and bear arms, and for being the lead plaintiff in an unprecedented prosecutor vs. prosecutor lawsuit, Hunt v. Lockyer, that got the attention of California police, prosecutors, the legislature, the criminal courts, and DOJ regulators.
When the 1999 features based “assault weapon” ban (SB 23) passed, there was a great deal of concern and confusion within the law enforcement community and among prosecutors. Many, including even the San Francisco District Attorney’s office, spoke out concerning the confusion SB 23 created. Most of those police and prosecutors, however, were unwilling to actually challenge the law in court. Two California elected District Attorneys however, Ed Hunt of Fresno County and Norm Vroman of Mendocino County, became named plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging SB 23. The lawsuit was financed primarily by the National Rifle Association, with contributions from the California Rifle & Pistol Association (CRPA) Foundation. The District Attorney plaintiffs, along with the CRPA, Law Enforcement Alliance of America, former Oakdale Chief of Police David D. Sundy, Herb Bauer Sporting Goods, Barry Bauer, and others, filed the lawsuit on September 18, 2001. The Hunt lawsuit alleged, among other things, that certain terms used in SB 23 and subsequent regulations were unconstitutionally vague and ambiguous to the extent that prosecutors, law enforcement, and citizens could not ascertain their meaning and conform their conduct to comply with the law. Continue reading
How the Media Missed a Self-Defense Gun Story
By Wayne LaPierre
With all of the ink that’s been spilled in the last few months about Stand Your Ground, self-defense, Right to Carry, and legal gun owners across the United States, it’s hard to believe the national media simply missed an incredible armed citizen story from Utah.
Yet none of the three broadcast networks, none of the country’s biggest papers, none of the biggest syndicated columnists bothered to cover the mass stabbing that was thwarted by an armed citizen in Salt Lake City last month.
I doubt the networks were unaware of the story. After all, the network affiliates in Salt Lake City ran stories on the armed citizen, who ordered a knife-wielding maniac to the ground after the madman stabbed two people outside of a grocery store.
Important Alert – OPPOSE SB 1315!
IMPORTANT CRPA MEMBER ALERT
OPPOSE SB 1315!
Imitation Firearms Regulations; County of Los Angeles
Once again we need your help in stopping a wrong-minded bill – SB 1315. SB 1315 is a rework of last year’s defeated bill SB 798 that attempted to regulate the manufacture and sale of BB devices and pellet guns. Last year’s bill language has been modified this year to give Los Angeles County and its cities the authority to enact local restrictions on BB devices and pellet guns. SB 1315 is still a bad idea! Continue reading