Judge Frederick J. Scullin institutes stay in DC gun ruling
Whoops, DC almost had a little freedom there for a moment, until U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Scullin at the request of the city attorney, instituted a 90-stay of execution to his ruling that DC’s gun ban laws were in contradiction to the Second Amendment. From the Washington Post;
D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier and city government officials asked for a temporary reprieve on Monday because they said the ruling left many unanswered questions and had led to safety concerns. Lanier told officers in a memo on Monday night that they could no longer stop someone simply for transporting a gun in public.
D.C.’s Attorney General Irvin B. Nathan requested a stay pending appeal or to give elected officials time to revise the city’s gun laws. City lawyers said in a court filing that the lead attorney for the plaintiffs, Alan Gura, did not object to an immediate 90-day delay as long as the D.C. Council was working to enact new legislation.
“Led to safety concerns”? What concerns? That law abiding gun owners were wandering around with their weapons on the streets of the nation’s capitol? Oh, heavens!!! More worrying, I’m sure, was the fact that the DC government hadn’t been able to make a dime from sudden expression of freedom that was running around loose. I know our buddy, Emily Miller, took to Facebook on Monday to tell the world she was carrying on the streets of DC.
Police chief Cathy Lanier was clear with her officers on Monday that they couldn’t bother any DC or out-of-state residents who weren’t felons if they carried a gun. That doesn’t sound concerning to me.
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“…because they said the ruling left many unanswered questions and had led to safety concerns.”
With the way the SCOUS is going I see a judicially imposed reciprocity coming, which quite frankly makes sense. And here’s the but, based on a lose interpretation of the majority opinion I see a democrat controlled congress crafting a law that throws out the 2A or at least makes it more difficult for people to attain arms or ammo. The law up here in CT had been (grits teeth and pauses) well run. Every time I go into Cabelas I overhear someone from out-of-state complain about needing an ammo card. As a shareholder I’m angry my company can’t reap those profits and as a rational citizen I’m unnerved that these otherwise law abiding fellow citizens are pushed to go without, or worse, do a less than above board deal in the parking lot. Times are tough and there are those that will subvert laws they feel are unjust and I for one can not find fault with that.
Heady times…
Living here in DMV/NCR/whatever, I was the local shenanigans daily.
Here’s what I see happening: DC’s AG requests a stay so they can “determine if they’re going to appeal”, City Council does nothing to revise the law to meet with judge’s ruling, 90 days later, the AG asks for another stay, judge says “Not only no, but hell no, you had 90 days to make a decision.” Ruling goes into affect, people lose their minds. Like they’ve been doing since Saturday.
Luckily I live in VA (going home to Texas someday) and not DC.
Our justice system has turned into a giant tennis match.
The stay is damn near automatic. No surprises here. To help them pass the time while waiting…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gDOYtCGv9E
Apparently some bill of rights amendments are more important than others.