A Maryland synagogue filed a lawsuit against a county law restricting permit holders from carrying weapons within 100 yards of houses of worship in light of rising antisemitic attacks last week.Montgomery County enacted a law on July 27 that restricted the possession or transport of firearms within 100 yards of "a place of public assembly," which includes a place of worship like a Jewish synagogue.The law provides exceptions for police officers and licensed security guards and does not apply to the possession of firearms in one's private home or the possession of one firearm and ammunition at a place of business by the owner or an authorized employee.The lawsuit, filed just days later by the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) on behalf of the Silver Spring Jewish Center and Rabbi J.
Menashe Shapiro, accused the county of not only violating Jewish people's constitutional right to bear arms but also endangering them by depriving them of ways to defend themselves.ORTHODOX JEW ASKS SUPREME COURT TO HEAR CASE AFTER CITY ALLEGEDLY TARGETED HIS HOME PRAYER GROUPRabbi J.Menashe Shapiro spoke to Fox News Digital about the threat caused by a Maryland county law restricting firearms.
(Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)"This ban could not come at a worse time for Montgomery County’s Jewish community.Just a short time after the firebombing in Boulder, the arson attack on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s residence, and — close to home — the shooting at the Capital Jewish Museum, Montgomery County seeks to deprive Jews of their ability to defend themselves at their most Jewish moment: praying in synagogues.
Jewish law requires Jews to defend themselves when necessary.Montgomery County would rather declare open season," the lawsuit read.NCLA also maintained that the recent Supreme Court decision on Wolford v.
Lopez, ruling that Hawaii's state law requiring a property owner's explicit permission to allow lawful gun owners to bring firearms into public businesses was unconstitut...