{"id":54208,"date":"2014-07-28T08:36:50","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T12:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=54208"},"modified":"2014-07-28T09:25:48","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T13:25:48","slug":"metro-dc-police-wont-enforce-gun-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=54208","title":{"rendered":"Metro DC police won’t enforce gun ban"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Post<\/a> reports that Chief Cathy Lanier of DC’s Metropolitan Police Department has instructed her officers that DC’s residents who are in possession of legally registered gun outside of their homes won’t be subject to the gun laws that were overturned<\/a> this weekend. The lifting of the ban includes non-residents of the District.<\/p>\n

In an order approved by Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier, police were told that District residents are permitted to carry pistols if the weapons are registered. Those who had not registered their handguns could be charged on that ground, the instruction said.<\/p>\n

The number of registered pistols is thought to be low.<\/p>\n

Lanier\u2019s instructions to police also said that residents of other jurisdictions without felony records would not be charged under the ban on carrying pistols.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Ted Gest, the spokesman for the D.C. attorney general\u2019s office, which defended the handgun ban in court, said it will \u201cbe seeking a stay shortly,\u201d so the order by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Scullin Jr. may not be in effect for long. <\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Scullin, a senior U.S. District Court judge who normally sits in the Northern District of New York, wrote in his ruling that he was stopping enforcement of the law \u201cunless and until\u201d the city adopted a constitutionally valid licensing mechanism.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But, don’t bring your gun into the District through Maryland – they’re still stuck in the 20th Century.<\/p>\n

Added:<\/strong> Our buddy, Emily Miller on Fox News is “shocked” that this happened;<\/p>\n