The city will probably appeal to the Supreme Court but their own attorney will tell them if they can't get an en banc hearing, odds are good the SCOTUS will probably uphold
Parker. Its a bad day for DC Democrat Thug Adrian Fenty and a good day for DC's law-abiding residents.
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The city will probably appeal to the Supreme Court but their own attorney will tell them if they can’t get an en banc hearing, odds are good the SCOTUS will probably uphold Parker.
By your reasoning, DC just might not appeal. Either it’s not heard (bad for them), or it is heard and becomes the law of the land (horrible to them). The chance of it being heard and overturned when the enbanc DC circuit lets it stand is pretty slim.
And keep in mind that it will be VERY easy for SCOTUS to reconcile the circuits by saying that the total ban of an entire class of arms is unconstitutional per Parker, while the seemingly conflicting holdings in other circuits (upholding certain restrictions on guns) may stand, without the needless and constitutionally incorrect “collective right” position.
“Let’s get Parkerized!”