NEWTOWN, Conn –-(Ammoland.com)- The Washington, D.C. City Council is scheduled to vote this week on regulations that will allow firearms owners to apply for concealed carry permits.
The action is in response to a July federal court ruling that the city’s ban on concealed carry was unconstitutional.
The same court last week refused the District’s request for an additional 90-day stay of its ruling.
Under the proposal awaiting approval, Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier would issue permits to applicants who demonstrate a need to carry a firearm due to a specific threat, making the District a strict “may issue’ jurisdiction.
Nonresidents with state-issued carry licenses will also have to apply for a District permit. Read a news account.
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