On the Front
Cover:
A picture of Rick being arrested was featured on the
front cover of this edition of the Colorado Statesman.
The photo was under pictures of Allard and Strickland's
campaign managers. Under that photo was the following
caption:
"...And there's
another candidate in the U.S. Senate race - Rick
Stanley, the Libertarian. He's the one being arrested
near the Capitol on Dec. 15 for openly carrying a
loaded weapon, in a holster, in violation of a Denver
ordinance. He was hauled off to jail and released the
next day."
Following a three-page
article about Strickland and Allard the Statesman printed
this short story.
Libertarian candidate
for U.S. Senate, Rick Stanley, was released from
Denver Police custody on Dec. 16, after being charged
with violating a local gun-control ordinance. Stanley
contends the law he is charged under violates his
civil rights and he will be seeking a jury trial to
have the ordinance declared unconstitutional. Second
Amendment supporter Duncan Philp was also arrested
and faces an identical charge.
Stanley and Philp were
arrested during a Bill of Rights rally held in
Denver's Lincoln Park on Dec. 15, after they
performed a planned act of civil disobedience by
openly carrying a loaded handgun in a holster upon
their hip. Both Stanley and Philp stated their
actions were an attempt to exercise their
constitutionally guaranteed rights under the Second
Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and Article II
Section 13 of the Colorado Constitution. They are now
facing one count each of unlawfully carrying a deadly
weapon in violation of Denver's Revised Municipal
Code, 38-117.5(b).
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