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BREAKING: Federal Judge Strikes Down DC Concealed Carry Law, 'Good Reason' Provision Likely Uncon...
Matt Vespa ^
| May 17, 2016
| Matt Vespa
Posted on 05/17/2016 10:11:13 AM PDT by jazusamo
The fight over Second Amendment rights in the nation’s capital has entered a new phase. A federal judge has ruled that the city’s concealed carry law is likely unconstitutional, citing the “good reason provision” in the injunction order on Tuesday (via WaPo ):
For the second time in as many years, a federal judge in Washington ordered the city to halt enforcement of its new, concealed-carry law, requiring applicants to state “good reason” to carry a weapon in order to obtain a permit from police. The preliminary injunction was contained in a 46-page ruling Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon that will be in force pending further litigation. Leon declared the District’s gun-permitting system is likely unconstitutional. The system was adapted by the District after its long-standing ban on carrying firearms in public was overturned at court order in 2014.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; antoninscalia; bandlist; banglist; ccw; concealedcarry; districtofcolumbia; guncontrol; judgeleon; lawsuit; mattvespa; ruling; scalia; scotus; secondamendment; texas; washingtondc
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posted on
05/17/2016 10:11:13 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
To: jazusamo
Sigh....if only this could happen here in New Jersey...
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posted on
05/17/2016 10:13:11 AM PDT
by
Victor
(If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert." -David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister)
To: jazusamo
You would think these idiots in the DC City Council would get it by now. All they do is pass gun laws that get struck down.
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posted on
05/17/2016 10:14:38 AM PDT
by
PJBankard
To: EternalVigilance
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posted on
05/17/2016 10:14:41 AM PDT
by
StoneWall Brigade
( America's Party! The Party of the Republic Vote Tom Hoefling/Steve Schulin 2016)
To: jazusamo
The DC city government told the SC to pound sand with respect to Heller. This could get interesting. BTT
To: jazusamo
That “good reason” being the 2nd amendment of course.
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posted on
05/17/2016 10:16:12 AM PDT
by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
To: PJBankard
They know that from the get go.
They actually don’t really give a damn, one way or another.
They just want the issue to bandy about come election time..........................
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posted on
05/17/2016 10:17:24 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(WE DON'T NEED NO STEENKING TAGLINES!...........................)
To: jazusamo
To protect oneself from an overbearing and oppressive government should be good enough reason.
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posted on
05/17/2016 10:17:26 AM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: PJBankard
Yep, they’re desperate idiots that will go to any length to try and disarm their law abiding residents.
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posted on
05/17/2016 10:17:31 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
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To: jazusamo
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posted on
05/17/2016 10:18:38 AM PDT
by
Bobalu
(Government treats you like a milk cow. If things get tough, they will treat you like a beef cow)
To: jazusamo
So...their law got shot down? I laugh at the moronic pols of WDC.
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posted on
05/17/2016 10:19:12 AM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
To: jazusamo
preliminary injunction = high probability of success.
I hope the 2nd amend lawyers petition for their lawyer fees ala the aclu. Make it too expensive for cities to pull this BS.
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posted on
05/17/2016 10:19:50 AM PDT
by
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posted on
05/17/2016 10:19:51 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
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To: jazusamo
Here's your "good reason"...
Oh, and that pesky lil thing called the "2nd Amendment"...
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posted on
05/17/2016 10:20:21 AM PDT
by
Zeppelin
(Keep on FReepin' on...)
To: PJBankard
Oh, I think they get it.
So well they probably have enough draft gun control laws and regs stashed away for future use to keep things tied up in the courts for the next 50 years.
To: jazusamo
Paging Michael Bloomberg..
Paging Andrew Cuomo..
Up yours....
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posted on
05/17/2016 10:22:44 AM PDT
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
To: jazusamo
Appointed by GWB. Thanks jerk.
To: Victor
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posted on
05/17/2016 10:23:03 AM PDT
by
cyclotic
(Liberalism is what smart looks like to stupid people.)
To: Zeppelin
Shhhhhh!!! Libs don’t want you to know/see that.
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posted on
05/17/2016 10:23:38 AM PDT
by
Jane Long
(Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
To: jazusamo
Oops. Got it backwards. I read the ruling as requiring “good reason”.
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