I heard about this over the weekend, but frankly expected it to have been reversed before my first sip of Monday coffee.
Also, great headline here:
DC rushes to prevent horde of law-abiding citizens from entering city
Over the weekend, a rather important decision regarding gun rights was handed down in the Palmer v. DC case: the District of Columbia’s ordinance that prevents law-abiding citizens from carrying their firearms outside of their homes is unconstitutional
Yeah, but what does it mean? Nobody seems sure. For the nonce, the DC law actually seems to be acting like the decision means something, though they may not know exactly what…
D.C. police were told Sunday not to arrest people for carrying handguns on the street in the wake of a judge’s ruling that overturned the city’s principal gun-control law.
But they’re hoping they don’t have to actually abide by it.
Meanwhile, Ted Gest, the spokesman for the D.C. attorney general’s office, which defended the handgun ban in court, said it will “be seeking a stay shortly,” so the order by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Scullin Jr. may not be in effect for long.
According to the article, DC is supposedly behaving as if there’s full reciprocity with the CCW licenses of other states. A DC resident with an unregistered gun can be busted, but you can’t if you can prove you’d be legal in another state. In a state like mine, where no license is required? Well, it won’t be a problem here because I’m not going to put it to the test. Best of luck if you decide to, though…
Kind of makes a fellow wish adults were in charge, so they could keep their rules halfway straight. But sane people would refuse the job.
Easy answer to their dilemma. Don’t go to DC. If held captive there, escape as soon as possible.