D.C. asks that gun-carrying restriction remain in effect
The Washington Times, Andrea Noble
D.C. officials have asked a judge to let the city enforce a central element of its restrictive concealed-carry law — the requirement that handgun owners demonstrate a “good reason” for a permit to carry — while a lawsuit over the matter works its way through the federal court system.
Last week, U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Scullin Jr. granted a preliminary injunction that blocks the District from enforcing that part of the law, requiring people to prove a specific “good reason” in order to receive a concealed-carry permit.
In a motion filed late Tuesday, the District’s Attorney General asked the judge to stay the ruling while the city pursues an appeal.
The legislation created a process by which D.C. residents and nonresidents could apply for concealed-carry permits by showing proof that they needed to carry a weapon for self-defense.
What a mess. If this doesn’t infringe on our Second Amendment, I don’t know what does.
The restriction calls on handgun owners to “demonstrate a good reason” to permit carry. We’re American’s with Constitutional rights. There’s your reason.
This limits our Second Amendment right, and I cannot believe there is even a debate going on about it in our nation’s capital. Since when are we required to show proof that we need to carry for self-defensive purposes? Isn’t that implied?
Get your act together, Washington D.C. You’re making the rest of us look bad.
