Gun Permit? I Don't Need No Steenkin' Gun Permit

Northampton County Sheriff Randy Miller is no longer being sued over his decision to revoke a license to carry firearms. He did that in March to a person who provided false references. This suit never identifies the not-so-secret Plaintiff, but it's pretty clear that it's West Easton's Tricia Mezzacappa. When she applied for her license to carry, she listed Executive John Stoffa and South Whitehall Attorney Rick Orloski as her o references. She despises Stoffa and regularly attacks Orloski, who prosecuted my libel case against her successfully. Neither would vouch for her.

Sheriff Miller, who lacked the resources to check these references in the time under which he must issue an application, ultimately revoked someone's license to carry. Now I suppose it's possible that two people could have submitted false references, but I doubt it.

This matter was listed for argument court last week, but the case has been dropped, without prejudice, at the request of the mysterious Plaintiff.

Tricia Mezzacappa is the person who filed the dismissal in the Civil Division. So unless she picked up a new job as a paralegal, I think it's safe to conclude that Mezzacappa's license to carry firearms has been revoked.

Thank God.