Tallahassee Attorney General Pam Bondi has asked a federal court not to consider an amicus brief filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida in the so-called docs v. glocks case.

According to the brief by the attorney generals office, the friend-of-the-court brief should have been filed at an earlier stage and not while the court was already considering the preliminary injunction. Bondis office said it has no objection to the brief being considered during a full case on the merits though.

Consideration of the ACLU’s brief at this point affords an unfair advantage because the ACLU – which belatedly filed its motion far out of time – has had the full benefit of seeing everyone’s hand before playing its own cards, the brief said.

The new law, pushed by the National Rifle Association, restricts doctors from asking about gun ownership unless it directly pertains to a patient’s care. The medical community lobbied heavily against the measure, which originally sought to ban any questioning about guns.

The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence and several medical groups sued for a permanent injunction to block implementation of the law shortly after the bill was signed into law. The ACLU and several children advocacy groups later filed an amicus brief supporting the Brady Center.

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