The good Ol' Boys of SAF have done it again... Winning an Injunction against D.C. in regards to their oppressive "Need" requirements, for a Conceal Carry License. YEAH!
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Wrenn v. DC
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Posted 18 May 2015 - 06:42 PM
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) today won a preliminary injunction against the District of Columbia and Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier’s enforcement of a requirement to provide a “good reason” when applying for a concealed carry permit.
You have to justify why you might need to defend yourself???
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Posted 18 May 2015 - 06:43 PM
Nice
Edited by transplant, 18 May 2015 - 06:43 PM.
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Posted 18 May 2015 - 06:49 PM
Wonderful! Hopefully this will help our friends in other May-Issue jurisdictions.
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Posted 18 May 2015 - 06:59 PM
Best news I've heard in months. Yeah!
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Posted 18 May 2015 - 07:32 PM
Excellent! And I just renewed my membership last week.
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Posted 18 May 2015 - 07:33 PM
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Posted 18 May 2015 - 07:35 PM
Preliminary injunction (for reals this time):
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Posted 18 May 2015 - 08:02 PM
w00t!
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Posted 18 May 2015 - 08:11 PM
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: May 18, 2015
Syracuse, New York
Apparently Judge Scullin has business in New York. He is likely at least somewhat aware of the UnSAFE Act and New York's handgun and carry infringements.
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Posted 18 May 2015 - 08:32 PM
If anything, it puts more pressure on SCOTUS to answer the question.
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Posted 18 May 2015 - 08:33 PM
I'm just so burnt out. I've got so much going on and not enough hours in a day to do it all.
And then 2 things happened. A Facebook post by a person who stiffed me on a job, complaining of a different problem that she's unable to get fixed at "friends and family" prices. - Grin
And then this thread. Really Really Big Grin
I've found my calm in the chaos
And then 2 things happened. A Facebook post by a person who stiffed me on a job, complaining of a different problem that she's unable to get fixed at "friends and family" prices. - Grin
And then this thread. Really Really Big Grin
I've found my calm in the chaos
Edited by KarlJ, 18 May 2015 - 08:34 PM.
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Registration is only a step.
The prohibition of private firearms is the goal."
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Posted 18 May 2015 - 08:54 PM
A couple quotes from the analysis for those haven't the time to read.
Plaintiffs argue that the District of Columbia's "good reason"/"proper reason" requirement
fails intermediate scrutiny because it does not advance its interest in preventing crime or protecting
public safety. See Dkt. no. 6-2 at 25. Specifically, this regulation is not directed at dangerous
people, does not regulate the manner of carrying handguns, and does not impose any place
restrictions. See id. (citing Peruta, 742 F.3d at 1176-77). To support this position, Plaintiffs rely on
Fletcher v. Haas, 851 F. Supp. 2d 287 (D. Mass. 2012), and Bateman v. Perdue, 881 F. Supp. 2d
709 (E.D.N.C. 2012).
The fact that a person may have a greater need for self-protection says nothing
about how limiting the carrying of handguns to such individuals would result in a reduction of risk
to other members of the public or reduce violent crime. Is the Court to conclude that people who do
not have a heightened need for self-protection are more likely to commit violent crimes?
This conclusion should not be read to suggest that it would be inappropriate for the District
of Columbia to enact a licensing mechanism that includes appropriate time, place and manner
restrictions on the carrying of handguns in public. The District of Columbia's arbitrary "good 13
reason"/"proper reason" requirement, however, goes far beyond establishing such reasonable
restrictions. Rather, for all intents and purposes, this requirement makes it impossible for the
overwhelming majority of law-abiding citizens to obtain licenses to carry handguns in public for
self-defense, thereby depriving them of their Second Amendment right to bear arms.
Reality does not support their emotional pleas to disarm the good citizens of the USA!
Plaintiffs argue that the District of Columbia's "good reason"/"proper reason" requirement
fails intermediate scrutiny because it does not advance its interest in preventing crime or protecting
public safety. See Dkt. no. 6-2 at 25. Specifically, this regulation is not directed at dangerous
people, does not regulate the manner of carrying handguns, and does not impose any place
restrictions. See id. (citing Peruta, 742 F.3d at 1176-77). To support this position, Plaintiffs rely on
Fletcher v. Haas, 851 F. Supp. 2d 287 (D. Mass. 2012), and Bateman v. Perdue, 881 F. Supp. 2d
709 (E.D.N.C. 2012).
The fact that a person may have a greater need for self-protection says nothing
about how limiting the carrying of handguns to such individuals would result in a reduction of risk
to other members of the public or reduce violent crime. Is the Court to conclude that people who do
not have a heightened need for self-protection are more likely to commit violent crimes?
This conclusion should not be read to suggest that it would be inappropriate for the District
of Columbia to enact a licensing mechanism that includes appropriate time, place and manner
restrictions on the carrying of handguns in public. The District of Columbia's arbitrary "good 13
reason"/"proper reason" requirement, however, goes far beyond establishing such reasonable
restrictions. Rather, for all intents and purposes, this requirement makes it impossible for the
overwhelming majority of law-abiding citizens to obtain licenses to carry handguns in public for
self-defense, thereby depriving them of their Second Amendment right to bear arms.
Reality does not support their emotional pleas to disarm the good citizens of the USA!
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Posted 18 May 2015 - 09:15 PM
Even if they rewrite the ordnance, it will most likely be garbage. These people just won't stop.
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Posted 18 May 2015 - 09:38 PM
My copy/paste is a train wreck in Tapatalk!
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Posted 18 May 2015 - 09:54 PM
This will continue until the Supreme Court rules in favor of shall issue. It's time for a decision now before more anti judges get added next term
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Posted 18 May 2015 - 10:17 PM
The 4th Circuit overturned Judge Legg's decision in Woollard and SCOTUS decline to review it.
This is better than a loss, but I'm not sure how much of a win it is.
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Posted 18 May 2015 - 10:31 PM
Well, it's a win for DC. And it's a win for any legal action after it, even if only as supporting case law.
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Posted 18 May 2015 - 10:50 PM
The 4th Circuit overturned Judge Legg's decision in Woollard and SCOTUS decline to review it.
This is better than a loss, but I'm not sure how much of a win it is.
It still forces the 4th circuit to have to write an opinion defending their position if they wish to overturn it and it's another voice yelling at SCOTUS to answer the question. Look at how many cases it took for gay marriage to come before SCOTUS.
Edit: I didn't see this was based in DC, so that's a separate circuit, but it still puts pressure on SCOTUS.
Edited by mrpapageorgio, 19 May 2015 - 01:40 PM.
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Posted 19 May 2015 - 04:45 AM
First, this is not SCOTUS. It is an appeals court.
Second, it is only a preliminary injunction.
Still, Alan spanked the antis again.
The Second Amendment of the Constitution protects the rest.
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Posted 19 May 2015 - 06:50 AM
Alan is an anti gun butt kicker!
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Posted 19 May 2015 - 07:46 AM
I like that the Judge wants to expedite the case. How often does that happen?
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Posted 19 May 2015 - 08:06 AM
First, this is not SCOTUS. It is an appeals court.
Second, it is only a preliminary injunction.
Still, Alan spanked the antis again.
Yep, my bad. Fixing title.
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Posted 19 May 2015 - 10:19 AM
Appeals Court? I thought this was only at the District Court level.
yea everyone makes fun of the redneck till the zombies show up. . .
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Posted 19 May 2015 - 10:34 AM
The simple fact that the standards were met for issuance of a preliminary injunction is quite telling. It tells me that D.C. is now fighting an uphill battle, and that hill is nearly completely vertical. I got an email from FPC last night about this, cackled. Remember that Palmer was assigned to Scullin by Chief Justice Roberts himself after years of inaction by the original district judge who was assigned the Palmer case back in 2009. I wouldn't doubt Scullin drew this case because of his familiarity with the issue.
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Posted 19 May 2015 - 10:46 AM
There are still a few (maybe a lot) of elected officials in Illinois who think there is some hope of getting rid of concealed carry in this state and even of rolling back Heller and McDonald. Each decision like this is another nail in the coffin for their fantasies.
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Posted 19 May 2015 - 11:52 AM
Two of the plaintiffs in Wrenn are residents of the district, and one is a Florida resident. The judge's order, I presume, applies equally to residents and non-residents.
Anyone planning to take a trip to D.C. , get the training, and submit an application? It's tempting--"just because."
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Posted 19 May 2015 - 12:09 PM
Two of the plaintiffs in Wrenn are residents of the district, and one is a Florida resident. The judge's order, I presume, applies equally to residents and non-residents.
Anyone planning to take a trip to D.C. , get the training, and submit an application? It's tempting--"just because."
DC's requirements and process is still really really terrible.
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Posted 19 May 2015 - 03:27 PM
Fantastic news! Hopefully they will overturn DCs de facto "no issue" may-issue law which is thumbing their noses at the courts' prior decisions.
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Posted 19 May 2015 - 03:40 PM
Even if they rewrite the ordnance, it will most likely be garbage. These people just won't stop.
It's a combination of stupidity and stubbornness. How many lawsuits have been filed against the DC Council including Heller? Maybe eight or nine? They never learn.
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