The Second Amendment is the only federal firearms law, yet its protections are undermined by the ATF’s interpretations and enforcement, making it feel ‘meaningless’ in practice. The price we are paying for allowing it to continue.
Matthew Larosiere, an appellate attorney for Patrick “Tate” Adamiak, will argue his client’s innocence Sept. 12th in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which is in Richmond, Virginia. However, Adamiak won’t be there. He will remain behind bars in a federal prison in New Jersey. It is not yet clear how the courtroom testimony will be made available to the public.
What happens next is anyone’s guess.
The appellate court usually renders a decision within 30 to 60 days after hearing the oral arguments.
“We’ll get an opinion, either reversing or affirming. They could say there are no changes, that the District Court did everything right,” Adamiak said from his New Jersey federal prison. “They could send me back for a whole new trial. They could affirm some of the five counts and reverse others. I could be resentenced for just the remaining counts. Hypothetically, say we defeat the missile launcher charges, we will go back for resentencing on lesser charges.”
By Lee Williams

