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blueridge3210

(1,401 posts)
Mon May 18, 2015, 09:47 PM May 2015

Big 2A Win – Court strikes DC requirement

Big 2A Win – Court strikes DC requirement of “good reason” for concealed carry permit.

So, how many times does this make for DC losing on this issue?

"As some of you may be aware, Attorney Alan Gura has been waging a legal battle against the District of Columbia (as well as other jurisdictions) based upon their unconstitutional infringement of the Second Amendment generally, and DC residents concealed carry rights in particular.

Having already won a court decision compelling the District–and in particular, it’s Police Chief Cathy Lanier (pictured above)–to issue concealed carry permits to lawful, qualified residents, Gura naturally ran into the usual anti-gun rearguard position: “Sure, we’ll issue permits–on terms of our own choosing. Terms that nobody except our rich friends and political comrades will ever be deemed to have satisfied.”

And those terms invariably require that the applicant have some special and unusual reason to be granted a concealed carry permit. This is the kind of restriction still being employed in liberal states like New Jersey and New York, and which was being employed in California until the recent Peruta decision by the 9th Circuit.

Gura responded to Lanier’s demand that applications show some special reason–above and beyond simply being law-abiding Americans with civil rights–by filing a motion for an injunction with the US District Court for DC, to prohibit Lanier from imposing those special conditions."

Balance of article follows at link: http://legalinsurrection.com/2015/05/big-2a-win-court-strikes-dc-requirement-of-good-reason-for-concealed-carry-permit/

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Big 2A Win – Court strikes DC requirement (Original Post) blueridge3210 May 2015 OP
Burden should be on the state to show a compelling reason to refuse a permit. NYC_SKP May 2015 #1
D.C. keeps missing but they won't stop swinging. NaturalHigh May 2015 #2
biggest 2A win since Waco the other day nt msongs May 2015 #3
Right - because legal gun owners and criminal gangs are the same thing hack89 May 2015 #4
~~~ ^^^ ~~~ discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #5
Nugent is the Ronald McDonald of gun advocacy. Alan Gura is Ray Kroc... friendly_iconoclast May 2015 #11
Not to contradict but... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #12
Owning a gun makes you a bad person, don't you know? NaturalHigh May 2015 #6
Does that mean I am VERY bad person? n/t oneshooter May 2015 #18
Depends on who you're talking to. NaturalHigh May 2015 #19
Oh SMACK! :-) NT pablo_marmol May 2015 #17
Would the ATF immolating 17 child be considered a gun control win in Waco? Nuclear Unicorn May 2015 #8
If life safety isn't a good reason I wonder what is??? ileus May 2015 #7
I dunno. blueridge3210 May 2015 #9
I'm vaguely curious about the "guidance" he might offer in that blog... NaturalHigh May 2015 #14
Another literarcy test gone with the wind. Eleanors38 May 2015 #10
DC jerked him around on his fees for 3 years after Heller DonP May 2015 #13
Ironic, the stand in the schoolhouse door strategy. Just as effective, too. Eleanors38 May 2015 #15
Peruta is *pending* - going en banc in mid-June pablo_marmol May 2015 #16
DC keeps digging Duckhunter935 May 2015 #20
Welcome back. blueridge3210 May 2015 #21
I see that Duckhunter935 May 2015 #22
 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
1. Burden should be on the state to show a compelling reason to refuse a permit.
Mon May 18, 2015, 10:02 PM
May 2015

Not the other way around.

hack89

(39,171 posts)
4. Right - because legal gun owners and criminal gangs are the same thing
Mon May 18, 2015, 10:30 PM
May 2015

Last edited Tue May 19, 2015, 06:33 AM - Edit history (1)

damn, you guys are petty, childish and simplistic. No wonder gun control is a smoking wreck in America. It says a lot when morons like Ted Nugent are kicking your ass.

 

blueridge3210

(1,401 posts)
9. I dunno.
Tue May 19, 2015, 07:40 AM
May 2015

I checked Nasty Jack's blog for guidance; but he didn't link to this decision. An oversight I'm sure.

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)
14. I'm vaguely curious about the "guidance" he might offer in that blog...
Tue May 19, 2015, 09:27 PM
May 2015

but there's no way in hell I'm giving him any clicks.

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
10. Another literarcy test gone with the wind.
Tue May 19, 2015, 02:40 PM
May 2015

Damn! Gura must be getting rich while D.C. makes some kind of moral statement, somewhere...

 

DonP

(6,185 posts)
13. DC jerked him around on his fees for 3 years after Heller
Tue May 19, 2015, 08:23 PM
May 2015

He had to finally take the DC brain trust back to court to get them to pay up the amount awarded after a court review and approval of his billing.

That threatened them with another big bill if they kept screwing around.

They don't think the rules (or the constitution) apply to them they're "special".

pablo_marmol

(2,375 posts)
16. Peruta is *pending* - going en banc in mid-June
Wed May 20, 2015, 04:01 PM
May 2015

Not a done-deal.......especially given the record of the 9th circuit. More likely, it will be overturned.

But thanks for the good news on DC! Judges do sometimes worry about being on the wrong side of history.
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