Randygmn wrote:bensdad wrote:Rip Van Winkle wrote:I'm not sure why some of you are getting your panties in a wad over this. As best as I can tell, this is a very minor victory. This ruling does not prohibit the district's onerous registration system, only that they can't prohibit non-residents from it. It also doesn't require the district to adopt "Constitutional Carry", only that they can't have an outright ban. There's nothing in this ruling which says they can't adopt a permitting system as bad or complicated as their registration system.
Is it not fair to say that this ruling allows carry by all legal handgun owners until DC writes and passes some sort of permit law?
No. Anyone can legally carry in DC. They will also honor every out of state carry permit. This will be in effect UNTIL DC creates its own permit structure.
I wonder how the secret service feel about this, lol.
Ok, technically I guess those who legally own guns in the district can for now, legally carry. The key words here are "legally owned guns". Remember, the only part of the registration law struck down was the ban on nonresident registration.
As for the district now honoring out of state permits, don't make me laugh. Yes, they have to honor your permit, but not your unregistered carry piece. If you'd like to jump through the hoops to register your gun be my guest.
I also suspect the district's city council (district council?) will be working overtime to pass as cumbersome and expensive permit system they can dream up with a long list of prohibited places. Will they get sued again? probably. Why should they care, this ruling hasn't made them see the light and if it costs the district money, the'll just go hat in hand to the feds for more.