No Palmer will be appealed to the DC Circuit first.So now we have this case and the CA/HI cases that are waiting for SCOTUS to say something about?
No Palmer will be appealed to the DC Circuit first.
As I read it, as an uninformed schlub, the decision throws out DC's total ban on carry permits, but it won't stop them from enacting a may-issue scheme, which you can bet will be highly restrictive.
Also, the decision says "the Court grants Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment and enjoins Defendants from enforcing the home limitations of D.C. Code § 7-2502.02(a)(4) and enforcing D.C. Code § 22-4504(a) unless and until such time as the District of Columbia adopts a licensing mechanism consistent with constitutional standards enabling people to exercise their Second Amendment right to bear arms."
Does that mean that DC is no-permit-required carry until they adopt a permitting plan?
"Accordingly, the Court grants Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment and enjoins Defendants from enforcing the home limitations of D.C. Code § 7-2502.02(a)(4) and enforcing D.C. Code § 22-4504(a) unless and until such time as the District of Columbia adopts a licensing mechanism consistent with constitutional standards enabling people to exercise their Second Amendment right to bear arms.4 Furthermore, this injunction prohibits the District from completely banning the carrying of handguns in public for self-defense by otherwise qualified non-residents based solely on the fact that they are not residents of the District."
No Palmer will be appealed to the DC Circuit first.
Isn't that the circuit that is packed with Obama appointees?
No Palmer will be appealed to the DC Circuit first.
Luckiest dude in America:
http://www.wltx.com/story/news/local/2014/07/24/sc-man-released-after-arrest-at-us-capitol/13122745/
JUST got charged with illegal packin' in DC, just pled not guilty to same (felony charges)! And then this ruling comes out. Ye GODS!
If/when that occurs, let's hope the Court responds in two weeks and not another five years.
Its amazing to me that with this type of analysis, leveraging historical and recent precedent affirming that the 2nd amendment is an individual right, that it exists outside of the home and at the individuals location, that we are still having this debate. Even with the courts position that the right is not without limits and that it can be regulated it would seem to me that those regulations would have to allow most people to carry outside the home and that the regulations should define the small percentage of the population that is excluded from this right. Instead, in MD at least, the general rule is that you are denied this right and the exception allows you access to the 2nd amendment.