ABA Legal Fact Check explores statutory law, Supreme Court cases underlying gun control
In 1934, Congress passed the nation’s first federal gun restrictions, in part, to thwart gangland-style shootings that involved machine guns and silencers. More than 80 years later, the nation continues to debate gun violence and gun control, particularly in the wake of mass killings such as the horrific shooting at a country music concert in Las Vegas on Oct. 1.
To provide legal perspective to this debate, the American Bar Association has updated its new web-based ABA Legal Fact Check to explore the law behind the gun control debate as well as key decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court over the past half century. Aside from the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment, the National Firearms Act of 1934 has served as the foundation of federal law affecting ownership of guns, augmented by a mosaic of state and local laws that vary considerably and result in most of the more recent court challenges to gun restrictions.
ABA Legal Fact Check debuted in September and is the first fact check website focusing exclusively on legal matters. The project is one of several initiatives launched by Hilarie Bass, who became ABA president on Aug. 15 at the close of the ABA Annual Meeting in New York.
ABA Legal Fact Check seeks to help the public find dependable answers and explanations to swirling and sometimes confusing legal questions. Visit www.abalegalfactcheck.comwww.abalegalfactcheck.com.
Application deadline for bail bondsmen to end Oct. 30
Pursuant to MCLA 750.167b, the Judges of the Circuit Court are to annually compile and maintain an up-to-date list of the names of persons engaged in the business of becoming surety upon bonds for compensation in criminal cases. The statute states: “The list shall be compiled annually by the Judges of the Circuit Court of each Circuit and the names of persons engaged in the business of becoming surety upon bonds for compensation shall be added to the list by the Judges upon proper application.” The Court will circulate the 2018 Bail Bondsmen list to the appropriate agencies in accordance with the statute.
Accordingly, the Court Administrator has prepared two applications for bondsmen: one for persons backed by insurance and the other for persons backed by real property. Persons or businesses may apply for inclusion on the list under either category or both. (Statutory authority for this review appears in MCLA 765.20.)
The Bail Bondsman application period is ongoing and runs through October 30, 2017. Copies of the Bail Bondsman applications are available on line at www.oakgov.com under Circuit Court Forms and Publications or in the Court Administration Office. Only current applications will be accepted and must include all of the accompanying documentation to be considered for the 2018 Bail Bondsman List. Applications must be hand delivered or mailed to Oakland County Circuit Court Administration, 1200 North Telegraph Road, Pontiac, Michigan 48341, no later than October 30, 2017. Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted. You may contact Karen Koshen in the Court Administration Office at 248-858-0296 for more information.
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