A good ruling. Still, it will take years; between appeals and the district setting up the permit process before this decision is fully manifested.A federal judge in the District of Columbia on Saturday overturned the citys total ban on residents being allowed to carry firearms outside their home in a landmark decision for gun-rights activists.
Judge Frederick Scullin Jr. wrote in his ruling in Palmer v. District of Columbia that the right to bear arms extends outside the home, therefore gun-control laws in the nations capital are unconstitutional.
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We won, Alan Gura, the lead attorney for the Second Amendment
Foundation, told Fox News in a phone interview. Im very pleased with the decision that the city cant forbid the exercise of a fundamental constitutional right."
Gura said he expects the District to appeal this decision but added, Well be happy to keep the fight going.
The decision leaves no gray area in gun-carrying rights.
Judge Scullin extensively referenced the Supreme Court decisions in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) and McDonald v. Chicago (2010) to concluding there is no longer any basis on which this court can conclude that the District of Columbia's total ban on the public carrying of ready-to-use handguns outside the home is constitutional under any level of scrutiny.
The court ordered the city to now allow residents from the District and other states to carry weapon within its boundaries.
+1A good ruling. Still, it will take years; between appeals and the district setting up the permit process before this decision is fully manifested.
Obama has to be shitting his pants right now. I guess hot tubbing is over on their deck. lol
Why would Obama be scared? Are you planning something?
Obama has to be shitting his pants right now. I guess hot tubbing is over on their deck. lol
I'm sure the DC police, Capitol police and Secret Service will just love this. I can just imagine folks walking around with guns around the capital. I guarantee this will not last long.
Dont cops walk around with guns in the capital? How about the secret service? Everyone is a human, and everyone has the ability to misuse the powers granted to them. Regular citizens should be no exception.
Dont cops walk around with guns in the capital? How about the secret service? Everyone is a human, and everyone has the ability to misuse the powers granted to them. Regular citizens should be no exception.
How does a citizen know which cop is a lone wolf crazy and whoose not?How would a cop know who is a lone wolf crazy and whoose not?
How would a cop know who is a lone wolf crazy and whoose not?
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...-dc-ban-on-gun-carry-rights-unconstitutional/
A good ruling. Still, it will take years; between appeals and the district setting up the permit process before this decision is fully manifested.
I'm sure the DC police, Capitol police and Secret Service will just love this. I can just imagine folks walking around with guns around the capital. I guarantee this will not last long.
I haven't gotten to read the ruling yet, but I'd be surprised if it eliminated all restictions against open carry. For example, weapons have to be carried in a lockable case or approved holster, safety has to be actuated, no round in the chamber, etc.
Anti-gun folks have to realize that just because someone owns a firearm doesn't automatically make them a danger to the general public, anymore than someone with HIV is a danger to the public. There shouldn't be a presumption that someone with a firearm will go on a shooting rampage any more than the HIV person will rum around with a syringe of their blood injecting people.
Obama has to be shitting his pants right now. I guess hot tubbing is over on their deck. lol
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I'm sure the DC police, Capitol police and Secret Service will just love this. I can just imagine folks walking around with guns around the capital. I guarantee this will not last long.
On the contrary, as of this ruling the chief of police said that they are now honoring full reciprocity with all state carry licenses. What is silly though is that it is still illegal to have an unregistered gun if you are a DC resident.
French, actually.I say shoot'em all and let God sort 'em out. After all, it's the American way!
I haven't gotten to read the ruling yet, but I'd be surprised if it eliminated all restictions against open carry. For example, weapons have to be carried in a lockable case or approved holster, safety has to be actuated, no round in the chamber, etc.
Anti-gun folks have to realize that just because someone owns a firearm doesn't automatically make them a danger to the general public, anymore than someone with HIV is a danger to the public. There shouldn't be a presumption that someone with a firearm will go on a shooting rampage any more than the HIV person will rum around with a syringe of their blood injecting people.
Of course as a result of this crime will be rampant, there will be a surge in shootouts and violence. Or.... not. Just like in every other place in the country where restrictions on the law abiding gun owners have been removed, the surge in gun violence predicted by the left will not occur. Just more evidence that it's not the guns, it's the people wielding them that are the issue. Law abiding citizens are not going to become criminals just because they have access to firearms, just like criminals are not going to become less inclined to commit crimes when there are gun restriction laws on the books.