SAF Files Contempt of Court Motion Against District of Columbia

By Johannes Paulsen

The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a motion for contempt against the District of Columbia for its failure to carry out the injunction in Wrenn et al v. D.C. which stopped the District from enforcing its ordinance requiring applicants for concealed carry permits to have a “good reason” for having a permit. The reasons why are set forth in the motion:

Defendants represented…that the PLaintiffs’ applications would be reprocessed without the “good reason”/”proper reason” requirement. It was understood that licenses would not necessarily issue immediately to the extent that there were any outstanding training requirements, but at least, the preliminary approval for the licenses would be issued forthwith. Defendants’ counsel suggested PLaintiffs might be nearer the start of the 90-day application review process, but PLaintiffs disagreed — they had already waited well-over 90 days, and there was nothing left to review.

At no time during several conversations through May 21 did Defendants suggest that they would do nothing pending further review of the Court’s order, nor did Defendants suggest that the order was in any way ambiguous, or that they would file a motion seeking clarification of the order. Defendants also met and …read more

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