Right to Carry case - Motion to Reconsider DENIED!

[Coded-Dude]

A small victory after a huge one is always nice. DC and Illinois were the last two bastions of gun carry opression, and now they are basically gone for good. From here we just need to get shall issue for states whose criteria to carry are far too strict, and hopefully move onto national reciprocity.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has denied a motion by the District to reconsider its ruling in the case of Palmer v. District of Columbia, a Second Amendment Foundation case that nullified the city’s ban on carrying firearms outside of the home.

Judge Frederick J. Scullin, Jr., who issued an opinion in July striking down the total ban on carry as unconstitutional, wrote the five-page opinion denying the District’s motion. He reminded the District that “in light of Heller, McDonald and their progeny, there (was) no longer any basis on which this court (could) conclude that the District of Columbia’s total ban on the public carrying of ready-to-use handguns outside the home (was) constitutional under any level of scrutiny.”


SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb was happy with the ruling, asserting that the District’s motion for reconsideration was “an attempt to forestall the inevitable.”


“Judge Scullin made it perfectly clear in July that the District cannot continue its outright ban on carry,” Gottlieb recalled. “This new ruling reiterates the language in the Peruta decision in California that ‘the carrying of an operable handgun outside the home for the lawful purpose of self-defense, though subject to traditional restrictions, constitutes ‘’bear[ing] Arms’ within the meaning of the Second Amendment.’ I’m beginning to wonder what part of that the District doesn’t understand.”


Gottlieb said Judge Scullin’s new ruling is “one more small, but significant step” toward restoration of Second Amendment rights for residents of the nation’s capital city, and thus a victory for citizens everywhere.


“At some point,” he concluded, “gun prohibitionists will have to realize that the Second Amendment is a fundamental civil right, not a government-regulated privilege.”

http://www.saf.org/?p=4542

 

[mtnboomer]

“At some point,” he concluded, “gun prohibitionists will have to realize that the Second Amendment is a fundamental civil right, not a government-regulated privilege.”

Remember who we're talking about, here. Ultra-liberal, ultra-radical, ultra-socialist, ultra-wealthy whackos who have numerous politicians/lawyers/judges in their pockets.

 

[gerhard1]

“At some point,” he concluded, “gun prohibitionists will have to realize that the Second Amendment is a fundamental civil right, not a government-regulated privilege.”

Remember who we're talking about, here. Ultra-liberal, ultra-radical, ultra-socialist, ultra-wealthy whackos who have numerous politicians/lawyers/judges in their pockets.

Agree with you here. Don't expect these folks to change: they are ideologues first and foremost, clinging to their beliefs like a drowning man does to a life-preserver. Gun-control is a fundamental article of faith for them and they will never abandon it--ever.

 

[RollingRock]

Nothing will change the democrat party at the national level in their anti-gun, anti-ammo, anti-buy anything gun or ammo related on the internet, everyone have their guns n ammo registered NOW mentality. Any local/state democrats that are pro-2A will either submit to the DNC and change their ways or be cast aside.

 

[Shadowrider]

Looks to me like they doing this to the court -----> :finger:

Back in July the Washington D.C. ban on concealed and open carry of handguns was struck down by U.S. District Judge Frederick Scullin as unconstitutional. As a result, the DC City Council reluctantly voted to approve concealed carry, giving the power of writing the rules and regulations to the Washington D.C. police. Now, those rules have been written and they're impossible to follow.

What she has found so far about the process is enraging. Currently, D.C. police are failing to comply with the court order and the required training that is only available through the D.C. police hasn't been set up yet. Further, the chief-of-police will determine who has enough evidence and justification for "needing" a concealed carry permit. Living in a high crime area with regular occurrences of rape and murder doesn't count.


Much more here. Hit the video!

 

[Coded-Dude]

Indeed they are making the process untenable for potential permitees, but this is also being fought in different parts of the country. CGF/SAF/NRA has done pretty well to get CA shall issue, and hopefully that can spread to these other anti-gun states. It is a long and arduous process, but we are chipping away at the unconstitutional gun laws.

 

[Rooster1971]

“At some point,” he concluded, “gun prohibitionists will have to realize that the Second Amendment is a fundamental civil right, not a government-regulated privilege.”

I like this part, but too bad it isn't true.

 

[Dave70968]

“At some point,” he concluded, “gun prohibitionists will have to realize that the Second Amendment is a fundamental civil right, not a government-regulated privilege.”

I like this part, but too bad it isn't true.

It absolutely is true. It's a right that's being infringed, but that doesn't make it any less a right; it just makes the government wrong.

 

[MCVetSteve]

I think he meant simply that the antis will never realize that it's a right, and that the government is wrong.

 

[Coded-Dude]

The higher courts have mostly sided with us(lately); or rather the right. The lower courts split all the time(it's not unusual at all). The laws we are fighting are put in place by reps whom the people elect, so we(the people) are partially responsible for this mess.