WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the District of Columbia’s ban on carrying handguns outside the home is unconstitutional.
In a 19-page ruling made public Saturday, U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Scullin concluded that the Second Amendment gives people the right to carry a gun outside their home for self-defense.
The lawsuit challenging the city’s ban was filed in 2009 by three District of Columbia residents, a New Hampshire resident and the Washington state-based Second Amendment Foundation.
The group’s lawyer, Alan Gura, said he was pleased with the decision. The city has the option to appeal the ruling.
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Open carry gun-gasm in 3,2,…Kablooey!!
Another Bush appointed judge.
Who are these people who think it will be OK to have guns everywhere? Do they not walk, shop, eat, entertain themselves in the outside real world? Gated communities will not protect them fully, and certainly, not their kids who may be contained while young in the bubble but in their teens curiosity will led them into the greater community. Not to mention, do they really trust the rich people who live next to them inside the moat of the pretension?
Your questions are the same ones that perplex me. Who wants to picnic in the park, shop in a mall, eat in a restaurant that could turn into the OK corral at any moment? More urgently, who wants their kids to be in such situations? My only explanation is that those supporting guns everywhere must lead sadly unfulfilled lives where their ridiculous hope is to validate themselves by being a hero and killing bad guys. All of us are going to pay the price for their fantasy.
Judge Frederick J. Scullin: “…Second Amendment gives people the right to carry a gun outside their home for self-defense.”
Second Amendment: “A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
They look different to me.
Marby:
Yep, that fantasy of killing a bad guy is what has been driving this thing since who knows when.
I’ll just boycott any place that allows this “open carry” if I have to stay home 24-7 and order take out.