The lawsuit, Harrington v. Crawford, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire.
The Tampa Free Press reported that the lawsuit “stems from the search of a truck belonging to Hillsboro-Deering High School student Jack Harrington.”
The Tampa Free Press noted: “Harrington, an adult under state law, lawfully owns a handgun and sometimes stored the firearm in his vehicle, in full compliance with all federal and state laws, but always removed it before parking on school grounds.”
However, once school authorities learned of Harrington’s legal gun ownership they allegedly interrogated him and searched his vehicle, even though both he and his parents refused to consent to a search.
SAF described the interrogation as “aggressive” and noted, “No firearm was found during the invasive and unconstitutional search.”
Bill Sack, SAF Director of Legal Operations, observed, “If simply being a gun owner is legal justification to be harassed and searched by authorities, what would stop them from submitting gun owners like Jack to searches every day? And what’s their proposed solution to avoid that abuse, that he sells his privately owned firearm?”
SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb said, “This case is about as cut and dry as it gets when it comes to infringing on the rights of a citizen, and we look forward to vindicating Jack’s rights in court.”
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio, a member of the NRA and Gun Owners of America, and the director of global marketing for Lone Star Hunts. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and has a Ph.D. in Military History. Follow him on X: @awrhawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com.
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