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D.C. must let ex prison guards pack heat, federal court rules
Crime Prevention Research Center ^ | June 3, 2016 | Dr. John R. Lott Jr.

Posted on 06/09/2016 8:57:07 AM PDT by VictimsRightsPro2a

CPRC in Fox News:D.C. must let ex prison guards pack heat, federal court rules

Dr. John Lott was quoted by Fox News about the new DC Circuit Court Decision on whether DC has to follow the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act that allows retired Law Enforcement with at least 10 years experience to carry concealed.

Four former prison guards who were barred from carrying concealed guns despite a 2004 federal law that gave off-duty and retired law enforcement officers the right to pack heat won a landmark court victory on Thursday. . . .

Smith, who retired as a Corrections department firearms instructor, told the The Washington Times in 2014 that he was fired upon by men he suspects were former inmates as he took out the trash outside his home.

“They remember you,” he said.

The District of Columbia’s fight to leave former corrections officers unarmed shows how entrenched its opposition to guns is, according to John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center.

“This case illustrates how extreme the District of Columbia’s opposition to concealed carry has been,” Lott said. “Here you have law enforcement who are offering to protect others for free, and the District has borne large legal costs to stop them from doing it.” . . .

See more at this link

http://crimeresearch.org/2016/06/cprc-in-fox-news-dc-must-let-ex-prison-guards-pack-heat-federal-court-rules/


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; corrections; cprc; guncontrol; johnlott

1 posted on 06/09/2016 8:57:07 AM PDT by VictimsRightsPro2a
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To: VictimsRightsPro2a

What about the millions of common Americans who were witnesses in criminal trials and testified face to face with these violent criminal perpetrators?


2 posted on 06/09/2016 9:05:26 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: VictimsRightsPro2a

DC needs to be shut down and moved to a more central spot in America.


3 posted on 06/09/2016 9:09:19 AM PDT by IC Ken
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To: IC Ken

“DC needs to be shut down and moved to a more central spot in America.”

Nobody wants it !

Move it off shore — hey like to the U.K. and go back to the King’s tariffs. One might think we were better off then.


4 posted on 06/09/2016 9:47:39 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: IC Ken

I vote for Death Valley.

L


5 posted on 06/09/2016 9:48:43 AM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: dragnet2
What about the millions of common Americans who were witnesses in criminal trials and testified face to face with these violent criminal perpetrators?

Citizens' lives don't matter. Only civil masters matter.

6 posted on 06/09/2016 9:49:01 AM PDT by NorthMountain (A plague o' both your houses.)
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To: IC Ken
DC needs to be shut down and moved to a more central spot in America.

They put Las Vegas in the desert, and look what happened there.

7 posted on 06/09/2016 10:06:17 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: VictimsRightsPro2a

President Bush signed this legislation


8 posted on 06/09/2016 10:08:18 AM PDT by italianquaker
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To: NorthMountain

That’s the truth. Government is certainly not interested in safety and well being of Americans. The lawless violent borders and reckless chain immigration proves this daily. Those in government are literally importing mass murdering terrorist into our towns and cities.


9 posted on 06/09/2016 10:18:49 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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