Federal Court Denies Stay In DC Concealed Carry Case Over Justifiable Need

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Federal Court Denies Stay In DC Concealed Carry Case Over ‘Justifiable Need’
Second Amendment Foundation
Second Amendment Foundation

BELLEVUE, WA –-(Ammoland.com)- The federal district court judge handling the Second Amendment Foundation’s challenge to the District of Columbia’s “good reason” concealed carry permit requirement has denied the city’s request for an immediate administrative stay of his ruling last week granting a preliminary injunction against further enforcement of the requirement. The District is also seeking a stay pending appeal.

Judge Frederick J. Scullin Jr., announced his decision this morning, and set two important dates. By June 22 2015, Second Amendment Foundation and its co-plaintiffs must file papers opposing the city’s stay pending appeal request, and the city must respond by June 26 2015. This development is seen as a clear win by Second Amendment Foundation founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb.

“The Second Amendment Foundation is pleased that the court ruled immediately against the city and has forced them to start issuing carry permits,” Gottlieb said.

“By now they should realize that when we say we will do everything in our legal power to force them to recognize that people have Second Amendment rights we mean it.”

The city has required concealed carry applicants to provide justification for wanting a permit to carry firearms outside the home for personal protection. Judge Scullin ruled last week that the requirement “impinges on Plaintiff’s Second Amendment right to bear arms.” [ State of New Jersey I hope you are listening, with your “Justifiable Need” rules]

“Bearing arms is a civil right,” Gottlieb observed, “not a government-regulated privilege subject to arbitrary discretion. This case isn’t about making a political statement, but about making the District of Columbia comply with an earlier court ruling, and with the constitution.

“The city is running out of wiggle room,” he added, “and should immediately start issuing permits to all citizens who meet the legal qualifications.”

Under Judge Scullin’s order, the attorneys representing SAF and the District will appear in court July 7 to present arguments for and against the city’s motion for a stay pending appeal of his initial May 18 ruling.

The case is Wrenn v. District of Columbia.

The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 650,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.

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John

What we need is penalties for these lawmakers that repeatedly violate civil right. They do know what they are doing- they do know what the constitution says – they are just trying their best to circumvent it.
It should be made clear to them before they legislate anything that there are ramifications if you go wrong, as it is with everything else in life.

Vanns40

Your tired rhetoric does little to advance Second Amendment rights.

Joe

Three cheers for DC!
“Bearing arms is a civil right,” Gottlieb observed, “not a government-regulated privilege subject to arbitrary discretion.
We need action against New Jersey, they are packed with Hopeless, Liberal Dems that trash our 2A rights at every corner. How do we file action against NJ?

Charles Nichols

Concealed carry is of no use to me, I don’t carry a purse. Besides, Open Carry is the right guaranteed by the Constitution, concealed carry can be banned. https://CaliforniaRightToCarry.org “[A] right to carry arms openly: “This is the right guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States, and which is calculated to incite men to a manly and noble defence of themselves, if necessary, and of their country, without any tendency to secret advantages and unmanly assassinations.”” District of Columbia v. Heller, 128 S. Ct. 2783 (2008) at 2809 “[T]he right of the people to keep and bear arms (art.… Read more »

Vanns40

You’ve persisted with this tired arguement at every turn. If you don’t want to carry concealed fine, but to try and make arguments why others should not casts doubt on your assertions that you truly do support the Second Amendment.