Leroy N. Soetoro
2017-07-26 08:07:41 UTC
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/07/25/appeals-court-blocks-dcs-concealed-
carry-law-on-second-amendment-grounds.html
A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down a District of Columbia gun-
control measure that the court said is essentially an outright ban in
violation of the Second Amendment.
D.C. requires gun owners to have a good reason to obtain a concealed
carry permit.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down the regulation
as too restrictive in a 2-1 decision, The Washington Post reported.
The good-reason law is necessarily a total ban on most D.C. residents
right to carry a gun in the face of ordinary self-defense needs, Judge
Thomas B. Griffith wrote, according to the paper.
Bans on the ability of most citizens to exercise an enumerated right
would have to flunk any judicial test.
Judge Stephen F. Williams joined Griffith in the decision.
The decision deals another legal blow to efforts by city officials to
rewrite gun regulations since the Supreme Court declared a Second
Amendment right to gun ownership in a 2008 D.C. gun case, the paper
reported.
John R. Lott, Jr. of the Crime Prevention Research Center called the
decision huge.
Right now, there are about 124 concealed handgun permit holders in D.C.,
Lott told Fox News. If D.C. were like the 42 right-to-carry states, they
would have about 48,000 permits. Right now D.C. prevents the most
vulnerable people, particularly poor blacks who live in high crime areas
of D.C., from having any hope of getting a permit for protection.
The lone dissenter, Judge Karen Henderson, said the districts regulation
passes muster because of the citys unique security challenges as the
nations capital and because it does not affect the right to keep a
firearm at home.
Gun rights groups and Republican attorneys general from more than a dozen
states told the court that the Districts system is unconstitutional
because the typical law-abiding citizen could not obtain a permit, the
paper reported.
City officials could ask all the judges on the circuit to rule on the
matter, if they elect to appeal the decision.
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carry-law-on-second-amendment-grounds.html
A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down a District of Columbia gun-
control measure that the court said is essentially an outright ban in
violation of the Second Amendment.
D.C. requires gun owners to have a good reason to obtain a concealed
carry permit.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down the regulation
as too restrictive in a 2-1 decision, The Washington Post reported.
The good-reason law is necessarily a total ban on most D.C. residents
right to carry a gun in the face of ordinary self-defense needs, Judge
Thomas B. Griffith wrote, according to the paper.
Bans on the ability of most citizens to exercise an enumerated right
would have to flunk any judicial test.
Judge Stephen F. Williams joined Griffith in the decision.
The decision deals another legal blow to efforts by city officials to
rewrite gun regulations since the Supreme Court declared a Second
Amendment right to gun ownership in a 2008 D.C. gun case, the paper
reported.
John R. Lott, Jr. of the Crime Prevention Research Center called the
decision huge.
Right now, there are about 124 concealed handgun permit holders in D.C.,
Lott told Fox News. If D.C. were like the 42 right-to-carry states, they
would have about 48,000 permits. Right now D.C. prevents the most
vulnerable people, particularly poor blacks who live in high crime areas
of D.C., from having any hope of getting a permit for protection.
The lone dissenter, Judge Karen Henderson, said the districts regulation
passes muster because of the citys unique security challenges as the
nations capital and because it does not affect the right to keep a
firearm at home.
Gun rights groups and Republican attorneys general from more than a dozen
states told the court that the Districts system is unconstitutional
because the typical law-abiding citizen could not obtain a permit, the
paper reported.
City officials could ask all the judges on the circuit to rule on the
matter, if they elect to appeal the decision.
--
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party has run out of gas.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for ending the disaster of the
Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.
ObamaCare is a total 100% failure and no lie that can be put forth by its
supporters can dispute that.
Obama jobs, the result of ObamaCare. 12-15 working hours a week at minimum
wage, no benefits and the primary revenue stream for ObamaCare. It can't
be funded with money people don't have, yet liberals lie about how great
it is.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.