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    | DC: Washington D.C. approves just eight concealed carry permits Submitted by: 
			
Mark A. Taff
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    | This week, under orders from a federal judge, the first concealed carry permits in the District of Columbia in 83 years were given out, and the numbers are underwhelming.
 
 The handful of permits are an effort to appease a federal court order that mandated the nation’s capital strike down its long-standing ban on carrying guns outside the home. That case, Palmer v D.C., was decided last July by U.S. District Court Judge Frederick J. Scullin, who allowed the city until Oct. 22, 2014, before his judgment went into effect. The legislative response to Scullin’s order was a harsh “may-issue” set of regulations that are termed by many to be among the most restrictive concealed carry laws in the nation.
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    | No surprise here.  They've got a mayor who's publicly stated she 'hates guns' and will 'respect' the Constitution as restrictively as possible..... |  
 
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