Posted on 05/19/2015 11:43:46 AM PDT by justlurking
On Monday, a federal judge struck down DC’s concealed carry law, calling the requirement for applicants to show “a good reason to fear injury to his or her person, which shall at a minimum require a showing of a special need for self protection distinguishable from the general community” as unconstitutional. Applicants had to document threats to their personal safety as well. Judge Frederick Scullin, who also struck down DC’s ban on carrying firearms outside of one’s home last summer, issued a preliminary injunction after two Florida residents sued over the DC’s onerous statute.
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Didn’t CA loose the “may issue” case a while back?
The irony did not escape me : )
Document threats?
I could do that!
“My neighbor said he would put a pipe through my butt...”
“He also said he would keel-haul me...”
“And literally mow me down wi his tractor.”
Is that acceptable documentation?
I too. I see no need for any registration. Thank God my dad didn’t need it in the old days. He had some 3 longarms as a kid in Maine, and moved to Maryland with all. Still has them. Those were the days, no questions asked.
California lost “may issue” with the Peruta ruling, but the Peruta ruling has been appealed to the full Ninth Circuit.
Oral arguments are coming up in June, 2015.
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2015/05/peruta-en-banc-oral-arguments-to-be.html
The “good reason” is that I have a Constitutional Right to carry.
The citizen should never have to provide a good reason. It is the government that must supply a good reason why I should not carry. There are very few “good reasons” that should qualify. Being a criminal with a history of violence is one.
We need to get off the defense on this and go on offense and put the government/courts on defense. Force them to provide “good reasons”. Don’t let them force us to do so.
Thanks for the clarification.
The Constitution doesn't deny felons the right either. Anyone who can't be trusted to be armed should not be running around loose.
” The citizen should never have to provide a good reason. It is the government that must supply a good reason why I should not carry.”
NAILED It
Could this be an indicator that our courts might be beginning to recognize the Constitution in its clarity and simplicity is something to be considered.
Come on people, if we can’t give the advantage to the criminals then we are racist.
Tell you what, if SCOTUS says states have to recognize gay “marriages” performed outside their borders, I’d file suit the next day to extend the same recognition to firearms.
It was a very nice place to visit but I sure wouldn't want to live there.
The VIolent Crime Rate is the new “norm” for the white, gated community liberals, but is has been the “Old Norm” for decades.
White liberals don’t care about poor blacks unless there is money or votes in it.
Calling Al Sharpton. Free buffet in the dining room!
I don’t understand. Recent court rulings have used the most absurd reasoning to find that certain things violated the constitution.
Yet the second amendment gets ignored in so many states.
The heat and humidity is bad too......and many people don’t have air conditioning.
The only thing Sharpton will ever do jail time for is first degree” Felony Buffet”
Ditto
More from the fascist anti-gun law in DC:
“Scullin did not touch the other provisions of the law, which include strict limitations on where concealed guns can be carried. Under the city’s law, the holder of a concealed handgun cannot enter government buildings, schools, libraries, most bars and restaurants, or use public transportation. They also have to stay 1,000 feet away from any U.S. or foreign dignitary.”
This gives a small hint of how scared the elitist pigs are of armed citizens.
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