CA Compared to DC - CCW rulings

[Ding126]

Why is DC moving so quickly in their CC ruling and CA is going on 8 months now with no indication on progress or status updates...WHY???

[Librarian]

Seems to be a shorter court cycle* in DC, and DC is a 'special case' of a political entity.









*if we can discount Palmer, filed 2009, decided 2014 ...

[sholling]

Why is DC moving so quickly in their CC ruling and CA is going on 8 months now with no indication on progress or status updates...WHY???

The DC ruling took 5 years (and two judges) pondering the case before a decision was released, and it has not yet been appealed. Second, the District's new post-ruling may-issue law appears like it will be worse than California's may-issue law.

[press1280]

The DC ruling took 5 years (and two judges) pondering the case before a decision was released, and it has not yet been appealed. Second, the District's new post-ruling may-issue law appears like it will be worse than California's may-issue law.

The reason DC moved so fast is that they don't want to take a total ban up the food chain (to the DC Circuit). They lose, they're out more money and they'll contribute to a case eventually getting to SCOTUS. They win and a split with Moore is created and Gura/SAF can petition SCOTUS.
The new law is basically the pre-Heller law. They were may-issue but didn't issue any permits for decades. Not to mention almost everywhere is off-limits. Way worse than CA IMO. CA technically doesn't need to do anything; the sheriffs simply can't deny anyone on "good cause" if they specify self defense as good cause.