PLAIN LANGUAGE OF THE TEXT AND
THE INTENT OF THE FRAMERS.
THAT’S THE ANGLE.
BACK IN JULY 2014 A FEDERAL
JUDGE DECLARED D.C.’S BAN ON
CARRYING HANDGUNS IN PUBLIC
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
SINCE THEN THOUSANDS HAVE
OBTAINED A CONCEALED CARRY
PERMIT AFTER TAKING HOURS OF
TRADING FROM A CERTIFIED
FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR.
THE VERY FIRST PERSON TO BECOME
ONE OF THOSE INSTRUCTORS WAS
ALSO THE FIRST ONE TO GET A
CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT IN THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
I HAPPEN TO KNOW HIM, HIS NAME
IS LEON SPEARS AND HE JOINS ME
NOW.
I THINK YOU WERE THE FIRST
PERSON TO CALL ME -- I THINK IT
WAS WITHIN A HALF-HOUR AFTER
THIS RULING CAME DOWN.
WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS AND WHY
THIS IS GOOD NEWS FOR THE
AVERAGE PERSON OUT THERE WHO IS
SCARED IN THE STREETS OF URBAN
AMERICA?
>> NICE TO SEE YOU AS ALWAYS.
FIRST OFF THERE ARE FOUR POINTS.
THE FIRST POINT IS OBVIOUSLY THE
CONSTITUTION WAS UPHELD TODAY,
SO YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO CARRY A
FIREARM OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOME.
HELLER DECIDED YOU CAN KEEP A
FIREARM INSIDE YOUR HOME FOR
SELF-DEFENSE.
THIS IS CONSIDERED
GROUNDBREAKING BECAUSE YOU CAN
DEFEND YOURSELF OUTSIDE YOUR
HOME.
THE SECOND THING IS ONCE YOU ARE
ABLE TO CARRY OUTSIDE YOUR HOME,
HOW ARE YOU CARRYING?
ARE YOU CARRYING OPENLY OR
CONCEALED?
IF YOU ARE ALLOWED BY THE STATES
PROVISION TO CARRY CONCEALED,
THEN IT GOES TO STEP THREE.
HOW CAN YOU CARRY CONCEALED?
EITHER RESTRICTIONS SO YOU CAN
HAVE RESTRICTIONS ON TRAINING,
HOW LONG THE TRAINING IS, YOU
CAN HAVE MAGAZINE CAPACITIES,
YOU CAN HAVE FINGERPRINTS,
PHOTOS, BACKGROUND CHECKS, THOSE
ARE THE REQUIREMENTS.
YOU CAN HAVE SENSITIVE PLACES.
SCHOOLS, FULLY OWNED AND
OPERATED BY THE GOVERNMENT
STRUCTURES, DAY CARES,
HOSPITALS, YOU CAN HAVE
LIMITATIONS FOR SENSITIVE
PLACES.
AGAIN, THEN YOU CAN GO TO
RECIPROCITY AND RECOGNITION.
LET’S SAY YOU’RE ALLOWED TO
CARRY BUT THEN SURE ENOUGH WHAT
DOES THAT STATE SAY?
DO THEY RECOGNIZE ANOTHER STATE
CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT?
OR BETTER YET IS THERE
RECIPROCITY AGREEMENT AMONGST
ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OR
GOVERNMENTS THAT ALLOW EACH
OTHER TO CONCEAL IN EACH OTHER’S
JURISDICTIONS?
MANY PEOPLE DON’T UNDERSTAND
TODAY WAS A GREAT DAY FOR GUN
OWNERSHIP AND EMPOWERMENT FOR
PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO DEFEND
THEMSELVES. >> Laura: I WANT TO PLAY
>> Laura: I WANT TO PLAY
SOMETHING FROM MSNBC’S MICHELLE
>> TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO ARE
ADVOCATES FOR NEW GUN LAWS AND
GUN RESTRICTIONS THIS IS
DEVASTATING FOR THEM, THEY FEEL
LIKE THIS IS GOOD TO MAKE
AMERICA LESS SAFE.
PEOPLE THINK AND BLUE STATES
THEY ARE SOME WAYS PROTECTED BY
THAT BUT IF YOU LIVE IN NEW YORK
OR CALIFORNIA THAT YOU SOMEHOW
WILL NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS
SORT OF CONSERVATIVE THING YOU
SEE HAPPENING IN OTHER STATES.
>> Laura: YOU ARE LESS SAFE
BECAUSE OF THIS, DOES THAT MAKE
ANY SENSE GIVEN YOUR EXTENSIVE
BACKGROUND IN FIREARMS TRAINING
TO HELP PEOPLE GET THESE
CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS?
>> IT’S EMPOWERING TO TEACH
PEOPLE IN D.C. ABOUT THE ABILITY
TO CARRY A FIREARM.
I DON’T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
MY CLIENTS THAT ARE EMPOWERED
THAT’S NUMBER ONE THEY HAVE THE
ABILITY TO CARRY AND DEFEND
THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
THEY WANT TO BE LAW-ABIDING AND
THE CRIMINALS ARE CHOOSING EVERY
DAY NOT TO GO BY THE STRENUOUS
PROCESS OF BUYING A GUN, GETTING
TRAINED, GETTING BACKGROUND
CHECKS, GETTING GOVERNMENT
APPROVAL.
THE BAD GUYS AREN’T DOING THAT.
PEOPLE JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO
DEFEND THEMSELVES TO THE BEST OF
THEIR ABILITY AND THAT IS WHAT
THE SUPREME COURT SAID TODAY.
>> Laura: EVERYONE HAS TO
UNDERSTAND THAT TO GET THESE
CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS, NOTHING
OF THE COURT SAID TODAY
DIMINISHES ALL OF THE
REQUIREMENTS SET BY VARIOUS
JURISDICTIONS.
ALL IT SAYS IS ONCE YOU HAVE ALL
THAT, YOU CAN’T BE DENIED
ARBITRARILY THE RIGHT TO CARRY
CONCEALED.
NONE OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE READ
THE DECISION, NONE OF THE PEOPLE
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE LAW BUT
THEY ARE DOING THE HISTRIONIC
THING TO TRY TO SCARE PEOPLE FOR