Jun. 8, 2022
The Constitution does not condone senseless violence. Our Courts should make that clear. Congress does not.
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Joseph W. Cotchett Jr.
Founding Partner
Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP
840 Malcolm Rd #200
Burlingame , CA 94010
Phone: (650) 697-6000
Fax: (650) 697-0577
Email: jcotchett@cpmlegal.com
UC Hastings COL; San Francisco CA
Joseph W. Cotchett is in the California and American Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame. He is the founding partner of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy and a former President of the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, International Academy, International Society of Barristers and a Diplomate in the American Board of Trial Advocates. He received a B.S. in engineering from Cal Poly Tech and his J.D. from the University of California Law, San Francisco. He served in the Army and was awarded the distinguished Legion of Merit for his service. He is an Author of several books on law and ethics.
Our country is on the edge of an internal revolution.
The immediate problem is the massive polarization in this country regarding firearms. We’ve witnessed the overwhelming tragedy of children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary and in Uvalde, Texas; the killing of African American shoppers in Buffalo, plus countless other mass shootings. Each murderer used a common device: a gun, usually semi-automatic, that spewed out bullets never considere...
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