This opinion should matter to Wyomingites as well as any other American, firearms law expert George Mocsary told Cowboy State Daily on Thursday.
“We should care here in Wyoming because the case is ultimately about whether government can take away a constitutional right, including one we care a lot about here, based on a broad label rather than proven dangerousness,” said Mocsary. “The court said it can’t.”
The case isn’t just about marijuana, but about the government’s ability to hinge one’s rights on its own broad characterizations of certain people as dangerous, added Mocsary, who is a professor of law at the University of Wyoming and founder and director of the UW Firearms Research Center.
He emphasized that guns are part of ordinary life in Wyoming, from self-defense to hunting, ranching, and protection in remote areas.
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