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"A DC Federal Court Just Ruled Carrying Guns In Public Is A "Core" 2nd A Right"
Paladin4CA:
--- Quote ---Appeals court order blocks enforcement of D.C.’s strict concealed carry law
D.C. officials will not be able to enforce the city’s strict limits on carrying concealed firearms on the streets of the nation’s capital under a court order issued Thursday.
The brief statement from a federal appeals court in Washington is the latest setback for the District’s efforts to restrict the carrying of guns in public places to people who demonstrate a “good reason” to do so.
The District’s top lawyer had asked the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to rehear a challenge to the gun-control law after a panel of three judges ruled against the city in July. But on Thursday, the appeals court declined, without explanation, to revisit the case.
The city’s permitting system had remained in effect while the appeal to the full court was under review — a holding pattern that meant the District still was able to bar most residents from carrying concealed guns.
The city now has seven calendar days to decide whether to ask the Circuit Court to put its Thursday ruling on hold as it decides whether to seek review by the Supreme Court.
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More at:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/appeals-court-order-blocks-enforcement-of-dcs-strict-gun-control-law/2017/09/28/04734362-a482-11e7-ade1-76d061d56efa_story.html
MarkB:
The full court has refused to consider the panel's decision. It stands.
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20170928/federal-court-of-appeals-declines-to-reconsider-opinion-striking-down-district-of-columbia-law-concealed-carry-ban
Clarence:
This is truely good news. Perhaps one of the best for our side since Heller/McDonald.
If city does not appeal to Supreme Court, this stands and will be precedent for future challenges . If they do and Supreme Court upholds, this will be end of "may issue" nationwide.
Clarence:
D.C. Will not appeal. They are afraid that a loss in SCOTUS will doom "may issue" scams in places like New Jersey, California,Ad Nausium
groundgrid:
Is anyone interested in getting a DC instructor to come here for a group training session?
There isn't anything else in the application that should hinder any of us from getting a permit.
They have already removed the "good cause" questions from the application.
Link to DC permit application:
https://mpdc.dc.gov/page/applying-license-carry-handgun
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