Month: October 2017

Good/bad on DC gun law appeal

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The District of Columbia will not appeal a ruling striking down “may issue” pistol licensing:

“District of Columbia officials said Thursday they won’t appeal a court ruling striking down a portion of the city’s gun laws … A divided three-judge federal appeals court panel ruled in July that a portion of the city’s gun regulations infringed on residents’ Second Amendment rights. That portion required people to show “good reason to fear injury” or another “proper reason” to carry a handgun …”

This is good news/bad news for gun owners, especially New Yorkers.

The good news is D.C. must think they would lose a SCOTUS appeal.  If that were to happen it would open the door to new legal challenges in places like New York which have similar licensing schemes in place.

The bad news is by not appealing the case, decisions in the circuit court upholding discretionary licensing remain binding in those states including New York.

Long term, this action will likely be beneficial because eventually SCOTUS will have to take up the issue.  How long will we have to wait before that happens is the question.

Molinaro considering gubernatorial run

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Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro said on his Facebook page that he is considering running for Governor next year.

Not exactly a surprise considering his name has been floated before.

He has a supportive 2A record and appears to have done a decent job as DC Exec. If he does run gun owners can get behind him.

How far we’ve come

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For reasons as yet unknown, a sniper shoots up a country music concert killing at least 59 and wounding 500+ on the Las Vegas strip.

Gun control advocates are overjoyed, once again thinking they can exploit this atrocity for political advantage:

In Westchester, George Latimer tries going after Rob Astorino for allowing gun shows at the County Center. Astorino’s team quickly fires back:

Disappointment quickly starts setting in for the antigunners:

Their blame game has not only failed, it backfired bigly:

“… House Republicans are on track to advance legislation easing firearms rules, including a package of bills backed by the National Rifle Assn. that would make it easier to purchase silencers …”

This just shows how far gun rights have come over the past 25 years since I first became involved in it. The gun control movement never enjoyed genuine public support and is now on the verge of total collapse. The pro-gun push-back from ordinary people against the antis, their political allies and media supporters has been amazing to watch. I would not have thought this would happen even 5-6 years ago.