Posted on 04/02/2015 10:11:01 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Washington, D.C., will drop its appeal of a federal court ruling that overturned the city’s ban on carrying handguns in public, Attorney General Karl Racine announced Wednesday.
City attorneys will instead focus on defending concealed-carry laws adopted by legislators in the months after U.S. District Court Judge Frederick J. Scullin Jr. declared the ban was unconstitutional.
“We need to focus our energies not on litigating old laws, but defending new ones that our leaders enacted in good faith to comply with court rulings while still protecting public safety,” Mr. Racine said.
Up until Judge Scullin’s ruling in July, D.C. residents could only legally posses registered firearms in their homes. The Palmer v. District of Columbia ruling led lawmakers to approve a permitting scheme that would allow gun owners to apply for concealed carry licenses.
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D.C. Anti-Gun Nanny State PING!
Who are the tards running DC and what is their agenda and rationale?
But...but...but...what about “assault” handguns?
This is a win for the Second Amendment. They’ve thrown in the towel.
The Left never "throws in the towel".
They simply regroup and attack from a different direction.
Eternal Vigilance is required.
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The new laws are almost as bad as the old ones and they want to stop congress from taking them all away.
In addition to D.C.’s laws prohibiting gun ownership, and then possession outside the home, they still have in place their incredibly long process for actually obtaining a firearm. The city council just moved the battle from the courts to the offices of unelected heel-dragging appointees.
Gave it up??
Like hell, they did.
Read the damn article.
Article I § 8: “The Congress shall have the Power...To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States...”
Congress has plenary authority over DC and could pass a CCW reciprocity law covering DC tomorrow. That’s the only reciprocity I believe Congress as the power to authorize (DC reciprocal to [your State or other valid permit]).
The pretend DC fantasy “government” should either be abolished or its activities be limited to picking up garbage and issuing dog licenses.
Thanks for the ping!
Yeah, sure they did pal.
Something strange is going on here. Can you stop a court process, once you find it likely that you will lose, in order to prevent an adverse ruling?
I guess since they initiated the appeal, they can. Now they just need to undermine the intent of the original ruling as best they can.
Appreciate your work.
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