D.C. "Good Reason" Carry Permit Requirement Unconstitutional

[Fl0und3rz]

A federal appeals court let stand Thursday a decision that it is unconstitutional to require firearms owners prove a “good reason” in order to carry legally a concealed handgun in the nation’s capital — a win for gun rights advocates that has the potential to send a significant Second Amendment case to the Supreme Court.

The D.C. government had petitioned for the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to rehear a lawsuit against the city’s gun laws, but the court declined to revisit the 2-1 decision handed down earlier this year, noting that none of the 10 judges who considered the matter requested a vote on it.

The decision leaves in place the D.C. Circuit’s prior ruling, which found that the city’s “good reason” requirement was unconstitutional.

It also sets up the potential for the Supreme Court to take up the case as the decision creates a split with four other federal circuits that have found discretionary permitting schemes elsewhere are legal.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/28/dc-circuit-court-appeals-lets-stand-gun-ruling-che/

[ghosthunter]

 Read about that this week. In NRA mag.

Good deal.

The best option would be no permits required nation wide. 

[Okanagan]

The judges got it right this time.  "Good reason" is in line with Karl Marx but not with the US constitution.  Marx says that the essence of communism is "to each according to his need..."  So a city that requires someone to prove his need before he gets to exercise his constitutional right is following the Communist Manifesto rather than following the US Constitution,  "... right... shall not be infringed."

As soon  as we reply to the bait question, "Why do you need a gun," we have lost the topic.  Do not answer.  It puts the gun owner on the defensive.  I wish gun owners would reply, "None of your business.  You understand Marx, "to each according to his need" but you don't understand the American founding documents, "pursuit of happiness." 
 

[Stein]

Good deal, keep chipping away at it.  I'm actually pretty amazed at the progress that has been made in the last 10 years or so. 

[csaaphill]

Read about that this week. In NRA mag.

Good deal.

The best option would be no permits required nation wide. 

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Second amendment is our permit.