Mr. Osman, the mosque's former imam, has been indicted on charges of fraudulently applying for United States citizenship and having a handgun with the serial number scratched off.
Levy's group found Dick Heller, a security guard living in Washington, D.C., who had been prevented, by the District's tough gun-control law, from having a handgun for self-protection.
In the letter, Mr. Dykes denied the charges, and he denied even having a handgun, saying it was the neighbor who should be facing legal action for driving recklessly on his property.
In 2008, the Supreme Court struck down a District of Columbia ordinance that prohibited residents from having a handgun at home.
The man handed a teller a note demanding money and simulated having a handgun after walking into the Huntington Harbour Bank of America at 16811 Algonquin St. just before noon Wednesday, according to police.
After a four-day trial in Norwalk Superior Court, the jury took just 80 minutes Monday to reach guilty verdicts on four felony counts against Raymond Jett Jr., 36, who was arrested Feb. 24 for having a handgun under the driver's seat of his car in the school's faculty parking lot.
