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The TechSling smart device holster is displayed at the Tech Slinger booth during the International CES, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Federal appeals court voids ruling against D.C.’s restrictive concealed-carry gun law

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

In this June 26, 2015, photo, people begin to enter the Supreme Court in Washington. Meeting on Monday, June 29, for the final time until the fall, the Supreme Court has three cases remaining to be decided (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

D.C. can deny residents concealed gun requests while stay is appealed

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

D.C. officials say the opinion issued Wednesday by a Texas federal judge that found unconstitutional a federal ban on the direct sale of handguns from federal firearms dealers to out-of state residents has limited applicability at this time. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Judge’s ruling allows concealed-carry for D.C. gun owners, shoots down police objections

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Signs direct people to the office of the Firearms Registration Unit at the District's Metropolitan Police Department headquarters. (The Washington Times)

D.C. asks that gun-carrying restriction remain in effect

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Signs direct people to the office of the Firearms Registration Unit at the District's Metropolitan Police Department headquarters. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

DC asks judge to put gun ruling on hold

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

D.C. police Chief Cathy L. Lanier. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

D.C. concealed carry: D.C. police chief downplays ruling on concealed carry law

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

NRA: Judge’s ruling in D.C. a major victory for gun rights

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Signs direct people to the office of the Firearms Registration Unit at the District's Metropolitan Police Department headquarters. (The Washington Times)

D.C. ‘good reason’ concealed carry gun permit requirement halted by federal judge

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine
(Associated Press)

D.C. gives up on ban on carrying guns in public; city to focus on defending concealed-carrying regs

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Gun rights group sues D.C. over concealed carry laws

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Signs directing to the office of the Firearms Registration Unit at the District's Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Washington, D.C., are seen here Jan. 2, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times) **FILE**

Federal judge considers contempt charge against D.C. over gun laws

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier, left, is on hand as D.C. public officials speak to the media about emergency legislation to amend District laws to conforming to the court's recent Palmer v. District of Columbia ruling on the District&#213;s gun laws during a press conference at the Wilson Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, September 17, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Federal judge considers holding D.C. in contempt over gun laws

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

(AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

D.C. gun laws under scope: Judge to consider whether they are too restrictive

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier, left, is on hand as D.C. public officials speak to the media about emergency legislation to amend District laws to conforming to the court's recent Palmer v. District of Columbia ruling on the District&#213;s gun laws during a press conference at the Wilson Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, September 17, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Gun-shy D.C. sets up hurdles for concealed carry applicants

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Patrons carry guns and eat dinner at The Cajun Experience during Second Amendment Wednesdays where patrons are allowed to open carry their guns, Leesburg, Va., Wednesday, August 20, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Gun owners ask judge to block new D.C. concealed carry law

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

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Judge rejects District’s request to extend stay of handgun ruling through appeals

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2013 file photo, Washington Police Chief Cathy Lanier speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Police officials in the nations capital have been facing recent questions about headline-making arrests _ not of hardened street criminals but of their own officers. In a single month, one District of Columbia police officer was accused of taking semi-nude pictures of a 15-year-old runaway and another was charged with running a prostitution operation involving teenage girls. A third was indicted on an attempted murder charge, accused of striking his wife in the head with a light fixture. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

EDITORIAL: A Second Amendment right recognized for D.C.

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

"I've seen weekends when we've had as many as 40 officers held out of service on hospital details guarding prisoners," Chief Cathy L. Lanier said Monday at a D.C. Council hearing. (The Washington Times)

D.C. seeks to stay judge’s order allowing gun owners to carry in public

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Guns no longer have to stay inside the businesses or homes of D.C. residents who own them, according to a landmark federal court ruling issued last week. (Associated Press)

D.C. plans to seek stay of order striking down ban on handguns in public

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Signs directing to the office of the Firearms Registration Unit at the District's Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Washington, D.C., are seen here Jan. 2, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times) **FILE**

Federal judge rules D.C. ban on handguns in public is unconstitutional

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times