{"id":614,"date":"2017-10-05T20:06:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T20:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2017\/10\/05\/official-statement-on-decision-not-to\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:28:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:28:07","slug":"official-statement-on-decision-not-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=614","title":{"rendered":"Official Statement On Decision Not To Appeal Wrenn Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:8165,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/oag.dc.gov\\\/sites\\\/default\\\/files\\\/dc\\\/sites\\\/oag\\\/release_content\\\/attachments\\\/Concealed_Carry_FAQs_FINAL_CLEAN.pdf&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nAs reported earlier today, Karl Racine, District of Columbia Attorney General, has decided not to appeal the Court of Appeals decision in Wrenn v. DC. His official statement is below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>WASHINGTON, D. C. \u2013 Below is a statement from Attorney General Karl A. Racine regarding his decision, in consultation with other District leaders, not to petition the Supreme Court of the United States for a writ of certiorari to review the decision in Wrenn v. District of Columbia and Grace v. District of Columbia by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPublic safety is, and has always been, my paramount concern. I continue to believe the District\u2019s \u2018good reason\u2019 requirement is a common-sense, and constitutional, gun regulation. However, we must reckon with the fact that an adverse decision by the Supreme Court could have wide-ranging negative effects not just on District residents, but on the country as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn consultation with Mayor Bowser, Chairman Mendelson, Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Allen and multiple stakeholders, and after careful consideration, we reached consensus that abiding by the D.C. Circuit\u2019s ruling was the wisest course of action to protect public safety in the District and nationwide. Therefore, I have decided not to appeal to the Supreme Court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Background<br \/>\nA loss in the Supreme Court could affect similar gun regulations in other jurisdictions \u2013 including in nearby states like Maryland, New Jersey, and New York. The proliferation of guns in those places can have spillover effects for the safety of District residents.<\/p>\n<p>While the good-reason requirement will sunset upon the D.C. Circuit\u2019s issuance of its mandate effectuating its ruling, the rest of the District\u2019s reasonable regulations on who may obtain a permit to carry a concealed firearm and the circumstances in which one may carry in public remain in place.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nThe Office of Attorney General has <a href=\"https:\/\/oag.dc.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/dc\/sites\/oag\/release_content\/attachments\/Concealed_Carry_FAQs_FINAL_CLEAN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issued a FAQ regarding eligibility<\/a> for obtaining a DC concealed carry permit. They are still going to make it as hard as possible to obtain but if you have a clean record and no mental health issues then you should qualify.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As reported earlier today, Karl Racine, District of Columbia Attorney General, has decided not to appeal the Court of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[116,117,1415],"class_list":["post-614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dc-attorney-general","tag-karl-racine","tag-wrenn-v-dc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11189,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614\/revisions\/11189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}