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Originally Posted by Brian Pfleuger
We need to stop expecting these people to capitulate, play by the rules or admit defeat. I don't even think they care about losing in court. It doesn't really change anything, it's just part of their tactic to either win, which they'd love, or delay right to carry essentially indefinitely. They really CAN'T "lose". They can only have one law struck down. Since they have an infinite variety of new laws available for the writing, they just write a new one.
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Sadly, I think Brian is correct. We have only to look at Chicago and Philadelphia for examples. Chicago you're all probably aware of, due to the shenanigans they pulled post-McDonald. In Philadelphia, both open and concealed carry are legal under PA state law,. The Philadelphia police department, nonetheless, routinely stops, detains, harasses, and often arrests open carriers ... even if they have a license. The city has been taken to court over this multiple times, has lost every time, and routinely pays out $25,000 or so to each victim of their official harassment.
But they don't stop. After all, it isn't their money -- it's the taxpayers' money. But in DC? There, it's ALL our money.