tyeo098
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Bollocks. Oh well. Glad I visited while I could!
PLEASE note the last 1/2 of the last sentence in this. (and by "this" I meant the police dept instructions)Here is the relevant portion of the MPDC order. Look at the third paragraph. If you are not prohibited in your home state-DC says you're legal. The ammo ban only applies to DC residents. A couple of guys I know OC'd yesterday on the Mall near the Washington Monument. Gura says he's ok with a 90 day stay but not 180 days. I believe he has until August 4th to reply to the city's planned request for a stay.
Carry on NPS property is ok because NPS units follow the law of the jurisdiction they are in-so for now OC and CC on NPS property seems legal.
IANAL.
Pssst... a bunch of guys HAVE been trying it. No charges yet.If you don't believe me, just go try it.
".... but other charges may apply."
Trust me, you are going to get charged with something, and your gun will be confiscated (if you don't agree with that, then you'll be "resisting"). If you don't believe me, just go try it.
myself.. I mean really said:Well since I live within spittings distance of that cesspool...
Why not? Seems the police chief had a word out we would be there...
The only cop we saw immediately turned their lights on and reversed at full speed.
Then got out and ran into a pizza place. Came out 5 mins later w/ pizza and left.
Oh well. I was hoping to get a pic w/ da po-po.
I have a feeling that they hope someone who is carrying does something stupid so that they can use it as ammunition in an appeal. What they need and want is incidents that will support an argument that the most restrictive controls are needed to insure public safety.
Unfortunately they're some that may provide them with what they expect.
The D.C. City Council will probably copy Maryland's carry law. Which is to say, getting a permit will be practically impossible. "Things must change so that things can remain the same."
You know, it would be awfully cool to have the 1st Annual THR Meet & Greet on the National Capitol Mall...
unless and until such time as the District of Columbia adopts a licensing
mechanism consistent with constitutional standards enabling people to exercise their Second Amendment right to bear arms
Hasn't that already been dealt with? I mean, folks ARE now able to register and/or purchase firearms in the District
May Issue has been upheld in New Jersey and struck down in California. We're going to eventually see the Supremes weigh in on May Issue but it may be four years from now.Maryland splits purchase/possession from carrying. These are two different permits, and the carry permit is "may issue" verging on "no issue." That is, the requisite "good and substantial reason" can almost never be documented. This scheme has apparently passed constitutional muster.
All the District needs to do is copy the Maryland scheme, and Judge Scullin's conditions can be complied with, while in substance nothing really changes. It appears that what really bothered Judge Scullin was that there was no permit procedure at all for carrying.
Imagine if the Chief decides to issue her officers maps of their beats with all of the schools highlighted with 1,000' circles in red, with orders to arrest anyone with a gun who they find in them? Easy to do, and a totally legit arrest. And that's just one example.
It is easy to fall into the 1000 foot zone as illustrated by this site.I have imagined this. And, despite a lot of online searching, I haven't found anything documentable on police agencies doing any kind of "1,000 foot traps" for people carrying weapons around school zones. The question which would come up would be HOW, exactly, any given citizen would know EXACTLY where this 1,000 foot boundary is without it being properly surveyed and posted. Not only is this boundary not known with ANY accuracy around ANY school, it's also even more difficult in cases where the various school properties that aren't immediately adjacent to some schools aren't really clear to the public.
("The very enumeration of the right takes out of the hands of government
even the Third Branch of Government the power to decide on a case-by-case basis whether the
right is really worth insisting upon