Posted November 14, 2018 1:00 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

The District of Columbia may be the hub for the government, but it’s also a city with a whole lot of people living there. Sure, the biggest industry in town is the government, but it’s still a major city.

Like any other major city, crime is a continuing problem.

To combat that, D.C. enacted some of the most draconian gun laws in the nation, including the laws overturned in the Heller decision.

Not all that long ago, the city found itself in court again, this time over their concealed carry requirements. They opted not to take the case to the Supreme Court, though, because they didn’t want to lose again and completely revamp concealed carry in this country.

Now, the one-time restrictive city is now a shall-issue jurisdiction, and people are clearly taking advantage of it.

The number of Washington D.C. concealed carry permit holders skyrocketed a little over 1440 percent since the District lost a key legal battle related to its previous restrictive gun permitting process at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last year.

The Metropolitan Police Department confirmed to The Daily Caller Tuesday that 1,896 concealed carry permits were issued by MPD for the calendar …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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