Appeals court rejects District’s request to revisit D.C. gun-control case
Source: Washington Post
A federal appeals court announced Friday that it will not revisit some of the Districts strict gun registration requirements that it struck down last fall.
A majority of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit voted against rehearing the case as a full panel. The decision upholds an earlier three-judge ruling that knocked down the citys one-gun-per-month law, while upholding the governments authority to issue gun regulations that promote public safety.
In denying the citys request, Judge Patricia A. Millett who has been mentioned as a potential nominee to replace Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia sought to clarify her vote on a controversial topic. Millett wrote that the city had failed to fully show in court how some of its registration requirements particularly a 15-question test on local gun laws were sufficiently related to the governments interest in promoting public safety.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/appeals-court-rejects-districts-request-to-revisit-dc-gun-control-case/2016/02/26/d9cee2de-dca4-11e5-891a-4ed04f4213e8_story.html
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(130,980 posts)In denying the citys request, Judge Patricia A. Millett who has been mentioned as a potential nominee to replace Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia sought to clarify her vote on a controversial topic. Millett wrote that the city had failed to fully show in court how some of its registration requirements particularly a 15-question test on local gun laws were sufficiently related to the governments interest in promoting public safety.'
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(15,333 posts)That sort don't 'do'
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...appearing at political meetings/hearings on their own dime
...spending their own money
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