Alan Gura is reporting that the case Palmer vs. DC has been decided by the District Court in favor of the plaintiffs. Basically, Washington D.C.’s ban on carrying a read-to-use handgun for protection outside of the home, and ban on licensing handguns for any purpose for non-residents, has been found unconstitutional. The court leaned heavily on the Heller and McDonald decisions, but also drew from cases decided by various courts of appeal in other areas of the country that also drew from Heller and McDonald.
Is this particular fight over? Not by a long shot. I’m sure that an appeal is already in the works, and we may well see this issue at the Supreme Court in a few years. We need to thank Mr. Gura and his colleagues for their hard work, but we also need to support them in their future efforts, both here and elsewhere. If you’re not a member of the SAF, please consider getting in on the game. The SAF has been playing offense on our behalf for a long time, and most of the court cases that have advanced our cause have been done, at least in a large part, by the SAF.
To my brothers and sisters in Washington, D.C., congratulations. Welcome to free America.
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Drang
/ July 27, 2014Constitutional carry in DC! For non-residents, too!
(Unless and until they come up with a licensing scheme…)
(Bets the Feds try and ban it in any Fed property?)
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daddybear71
/ July 27, 2014Wouldn’t surprise me. Obama can do that with a stroke of a pen.
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oldnfo
/ July 27, 2014I’m STILL not going into the district… Cleaning out the truck yesterday I found a ‘stray’ box of .45… That would get my ass arrested in DC!!!
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daddybear71
/ July 27, 2014Yep. Heck, a guy with muzzle loader bullets (no powder, no primer, no brass) got convicted.
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Bob
/ July 27, 2014Hey DB,
They will say “sure it is legal…But you have to follow these local requirements.” and the restrictions and hoops they will make the lawful gun-owner perform to carry will be astounding….
I still won’t go to D.C. though…..ain’t gonna take that chance.
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daddybear71
/ July 27, 2014I agree, and that’s why we will go back to court. If they make the exercise of a right too burdensome, then they get to pay the consequences.
I’m not saying they’ll go full constitutional carry at the next city council meeting, but if the courts keep smacking them down, eventually they’ll open the door far enough for the citizens of DC to walk through.
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