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   From: duckjones@outlook.com   
      
   A federal judge has declared that one of the District’s   
   principal gun control laws is unconstitutional and ordered that   
   its enforcement be halted.   
      
   The ruling by Judge Frederick J. Scullin Jr., made public   
   Saturday, orders the city to end its prohibition against   
   carrying a pistol in public.   
      
   It was not clear Saturday night what immediate effect the order   
   would have.   
      
   The order was addressed to the District of Columbia and Police   
   Chief Cathy Lanier, as well as their employees and officers and   
   others “who receive actual notice” of the ruling. But it could   
   not be determined Saturday night who had received notice. Also   
   unclear was whether the city would appeal and what effect that   
   would have on the enforcement ban.   
      
   Legal sources said Saturday night that in general all parties to   
   a case must be duly informed of a ruling and given the   
   opportunity to appeal before it takes effect.   
      
   Alan Gura, the lawyer who represents the group challenging the   
   ban, told the Associated Press on Sunday that he was “very   
   pleased with the decision.”   
      
   According to the AP, Ted Gest, a spokesman for the Office of the   
   Attorney General for the District of Columbia, which defended   
   the city’s ban, said the city is studying the opinion and its   
   options, which include appealing the judge’s ruling and asking   
   the judge to stop his ruling from going into effect during any   
   appeal.   
      
   A spokeswoman for the police department said she was not aware   
   of the ruling.   
      
   The case was heard by Scullin, a senior U.S. District judge who   
   normally sits in New York. In his ruling, Scullin said that,   
   based on recent decisions, “there is no longer any basis” to   
   conclude that the city’s “total ban on the public carrying of   
   ready-to-use handguns outside the home is constitutional.”   
      
   Scullin said he was stopping enforcement of the law “unless and   
   until” the city adopted a constitutionally valid licensing   
   mechanism.   
      
   The suit against the city was filed by four named plaintiffs and   
   the Second Amendment Foundation, which is based in Washington   
   state.   
      
   Comments:   
      
   MacheteStar   
   9:53 AM PDT   
   See Chicago, and go the opposite direction DC   
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   WileyC   
   9:52 AM PDT   
   Great....open carry through the streets of DC. Walk by all the   
   national monuments, museums, the White House, carrying a loaded   
   gun. How is that a good thing for America? It's not. People with   
   guns can easily kill people (and do) while those without   
   generally have a more difficult time. More guns do not make us a   
   safe nation, they make us a more insane one....   
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   KPinSEA   
   9:52 AM PDT   
   Once again, this ruling is not about open carry, it's about ANY   
   form of carry.   
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   Gunluvr   
   9:50 AM PDT   
   Right now in Georgia there is a debate going on about whether or   
   not we can sell guns at yard sales(we can) on the weekends, this   
   falls into the fallacious non-nonsensical "gun show loophole"   
   that anti-gunners constantly cry and snivel about.   
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   MacheteStar   
   9:51 AM PDT   
   America has gotten way past this. If criminals can buy guns out   
   of trunks, Americans should be able to buy them at yard sales   
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   sailingwindward   
   9:53 AM PDT   
   Federal law prohibits unlicensed dealers from selling firearms,   
   so you can't just buy guns to resell them.   
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   MacheteStar   
   9:48 AM PDT   
   Crimes committed by guns are zero. Crimes committed by perps   
   with guns are worse. The perpetrator is the problem. Mental   
   illness and Hollywood have kicked it all into high gear.   
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   rick386   
   9:51 AM PDT   
   Crimes committed by burglars tools are zero. Crimes committed by   
   people with them?   
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   MacheteStar   
   9:52 AM PDT   
   Yep, intrinsic and nothing to do with the tool of the trade   
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