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Related: About this forumBig 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 Districtand in particular, its 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, well issue permitson 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 Laniers demand that applications show some special reasonabove and beyond simply being law-abiding Americans with civil rightsby 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/
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)Not the other way around.
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)They should quit while they're behind.
msongs
(69,609 posts)hack89
(39,179 posts)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.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,544 posts)friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,544 posts)...Ted is like the Gumby of gun advocacy.
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)I've been told so on DU.
oneshooter
(8,614 posts)NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)ileus
(15,396 posts)blueridge3210
(1,401 posts)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)but there's no way in hell I'm giving him any clicks.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)Damn! Gura must be getting rich while D.C. makes some kind of moral statement, somewhere...
DonP
(6,185 posts)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".
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)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.
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)and losing, lol
blueridge3210
(1,401 posts)The ducks have been noisy and somewhat "Nasty" lately.