My fellow American,

This week, the District of Columbia joined the rest of the country in allowing citizens to carry weapons in public for self-defense. They didn’t really have a choice. You know, that pesky Second Amendment and all…

Well, actually that isn’t exactly true. The City Council of the District of Columbia did vote to allow citizens to apply for a concealed carry license… but the City also gave the Police Commissioner the sole authority to approve or deny each application.

This is what is known as a de facto ban on concealed carry. It might not be a technical ban, but it might as well be!

Earlier this summer, Federal Judge Frederick Scullin Jr. wrote in his ruling in Palmer v. District of Columbia that the right to bear arms extends outside the home, therefore some of the gun-control laws in the nation’s capital are “unconstitutional.”

For a few precious days, any law-abiding citizen in America was allowed to carry a gun in the Nation’s Capital, just as the founders intended. And do you know how many of these concealed carriers committed a crime with their newfound rights? ZERO!

But, the Second Amendment was short lived in the District of Columbia. The City Council just unanimously approved legislation that will make Washington DC “may-issue”, meaning that the city can deny any applicant they want for whatever reason!

Usually there isn’t a lot that you or I could do about a single state law, especially if we don’t live in the jurisdiction. But the District of Columbia is unique…

Washington D.C.’s City Council exists only because Congress allows it to and Congress has the Constitutional authority to overturn any D.C. law, statute, or ordinance!

That’s right: YOU have the power to overturn this!

Tell Congress that you DEMAND they overturn Washington D.C.’s unconstitutional concealed carry law!

Before Washington D.C., the State of Illinois also fought to keep its concealed carry ban in place. But another judge also found that the state’s complete ban was unconstitutional.

Illinois did the right thing. They made the law “shall-issue,” meaning that any non-felon who passes the training test must be approved for their concealed carry license.

But Washington D.C. has chosen a different route. One city council member even admitted that under this scheme, only 100 people are expected to be approved for a carry license.

Think about that for a second… A federal judge ruled that D.C. couldn’t ban concealed carry outright and their solution is to give concealed carry permits to 100 politically connected residents!

Make no mistake: those are the only people who will be able to exercise their Second Amendment rights in the Nation’s Capital!

There are 632,000 people who live in Washington D.C.. The Courts said that it’s unconstitutional to ban ALL concealed carry. So instead, the city council is going to capitulate and allow 0.01% of the population to exercise their civil rights!

Yes, it is that ridiculous!

Believe it or not, YOU are in a unique position to force the District of Columbia to honor the Constitution! YOU have the power to force your Representatives to intervene and demand that Washington D.C. change their gun control law!

Every year, hundreds of thousands of Americans go to Washington D.C. to see the United States’ Constitution first-hand.

You have the power to make sure that when these Americans gaze upon that parchment, the Second Amendment means more than just words on a piece of paper!

The founders didn’t fight a war for independence just so that a few Liberal legislators would bastardize the Bill of Rights! The Second Amendment wasn’t designed just to protect the rights of the political elite!

YOU have the power to set this straight! But the only way that will happen is if you raise your voice and DEMAND it!

Tell Congress that you DEMAND they overturn Washington D.C.’s unconstitutional concealed carry law!

If we raise our voices together, we can change this!

Joe Otto

Conservative Daily