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Posted on 07/27/2017 10:24:55 AM PDT by richardb72
As of July 3, there were just 124 concealed handgun permit holders in Washington, D.C.
But, after a two-to-one federal Circuit court decision on Tuesday morning striking down D.C. ’s current concealed handgun law, the district has a chance to become like the 42 states with right-to-carry laws.
If it were on par with those states, D.C. would have about 48,000 permits. Right now, poor people in particular have no real hope of being able to get a permit in D.C.
Over 16.3 million Americans currently have concealed handgun permits. All fifty states issue permits, but eight of them are very restrictive, like D.C. In the 42 right-to-carry states, an average of 8 percent of adults have permits.
D.C. ’s virtual ban on concealed handguns was in the spotlight after the recent shooting in Alexandria, Va., where members of Congress and several congressional aides were left defenseless because of D.C. ’s ban on carry by non-residents. . . .
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SCOTUS decided not to hear a very similar case out of CA, so there is no guarantee they will accept this one. And if accepted, it is not guaranteed they will rule 5/4 in 2A favor.
However, if they hear it and rule favorably, it will set a huge precedent.
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$20 to FR’s quarterly fundraiser says that this 3 judge decision gets reviewed en banc and reversed before it ever reaches SCOTUS, just like the 9th circuit Peruta case did.
Someone posted recently here on FR that this needs to be slow-walked to the SCOTUS with the hope that Kennedy will retire because he’s the turd in the punchbowl at the SCOTUS on The Second Amendment.
If there is ‘a’ Democrat residing in the ‘district’, I doubt that this will ever be fixed.
I have no confidence this would go our way with Roberts and Kennedy on SCOTUS.
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