WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has temporarily suspended a lower court ruling that part of the District of Columbia’s strict gun law is unconstitutional.
The Washington Post reports that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said recently it would move quickly to review the law that requires residents to show “good reason” to obtain a license to carry a firearm in public.
This puts on hold U.S. District Judge Richard Leon’s ruling last month that the requirement is likely an infringement on the right to bear arms. His ruling is at odds with another judge’s decision in a similar case also pending in the D.C. Circuit.
A California federal appeals court upheld a similar policy last week in San Diego.
- Posted June 15, 2016
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