Heller Gets His Weapons Permit
August 18, 2008
Victory? Hmmmm. Interesting in that Heller did get a permit from the Washington, D.C. police to keep a gun in his home but according to SFGate, his permit I don’t think is for the gun he wanted to register.
He won approval to keep a .22-caliber revolver at home after coming to police headquarters in July to be fingerprinted and take a firearms proficiency test. Police approved the weapon after completing a background check.
The Washington Post reported back last month that Heller tried to register both a revolver and a semi-automatic pistol.
Heller registered a revolver with the District on July 18. He also sought to register a semiautomatic .45-caliber Colt handgun, but that application was denied because police considered it a machine gun, the suit alleges. The suit says Heller could have been arrested had he taken his semiautomatic, which he stores in Virginia, to be registered at D.C. police headquarter.
While this is of sorts a victory for Heller and others in D.C., it is far from restoring the rights as outlined in the latest ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court.
More on Heller and the D.C. gun ban.
Tom Remington
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