Robert K. Merting - Attorney at Law
Trust Your Guns: A firearms, business, and ITAR knowledgeable law practice
If you want to open carry a firearm, you best be polite. It also helps to know the law, your rights, and what to expect. To that end, we discuss Constitutional limitations on police actions where open carrying is legal. (NOTE: Not every police officer will know, recognize, and respect your Constitutional Rights. We all know Read More …
Dear Chairman Horton: At the Monday County Council meeting I was scheduled to be the fourth public speaker. Disregarding Spartanburg County Council Rules of Procedure 5-1.1, you avoided my name on the agenda. Rather than listen to a speaker with the professional training to answer the claim of ‘no legal means to address gun-fire,’ you Read More …
Recently the ATF has waffled on how to interpret an old law. In the 80’s, Congress passed legislation to prohibit the manufacture and importation of handgun ammunition designed to pierce armor. Historically, the law has been applied to practically any round under 50 caliber with the only exceptions being 30-06 and 5.56 “green tip”. Other Read More …
There is more commentary on what the midterm elections meant for gun control and gun rights than anyone can shake a stick at. I do not intend to dive into the main discussion here and believe it sufficient to say that gun control measures will have a significantly harder time passing through the new Congress after Read More …
For those of you who were following the proposed ATF rule on how trusts buy firearms, you’ll remember that June was the month we expected an update. That update actually came late last month. What was it? Merely a postponement of any action until January of 2015. (See here.) All is normal for the remainder Read More …