Posted on 07/27/2014 12:46:05 PM PDT by South40
A federal judge has found a Washington, D.C., ban on carrying handguns unconstitutional, according to court filings made public Saturday.
In a 19-page order, Judge Frederick Scullin ruled in favor of four plaintiffs and the Second Amendment Foundation, a gun-rights advocacy group, which had sued the District of Columbia and Police Chief Cathy Lanier. The plaintiffs claimed the city's refusal to issue carry permits restricted their right to self-defense.
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How sickeningly appropriate that our nation’s capitol is the LAST place to understand even the very CORE of the Constitution.
Bttt.
5.56mm
Factor in the high crime rate there and it becomes even more sickening.
Every gun law since The Second Amendment’s ratification is unconstitutional.
You can beg, license, and hide your RIGHT ?
Sheeple
OH NOOOOOOOOOEZ
Need to RICO the city council and mayor.
I predict a shooting in DC.
Unconstitutional laws are illegitimate. We need to start openly questioning the legitimacy of FedGov actions, as well as state and local actions that cross the line.
Also heard on Guntalk with Tom Gresham, that a Florida judge ruled in was unconstitutional for a doctor to ask their patients about owning guns!
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