One important difference between this law and the Illinois refusal to make a legal concealed carry law is that this decision just eliminates the current abuse.
“Illinois had been the last state without such a provision – but its long-standing ban on concealed weapons was overturned in a federal appeals court, on Constitutional grounds.
“Illinois was required by the court to draft a concealed carry law by July 9, 2013 (including a 30-day extension) at which time the Illinois legislature, over-riding the amendatory veto of the governor who had sought to impose many restrictions, approved concealed carry to begin January 2014, at the latest.”
Washington, D.C. needs such a provision, because in past they have made it clear that they *knew* the law was unconstitutional, but created it anyway, so it would be in effect for years until it was finally thrown out.
And *then*, they said they would just create an equally unconstitutional law that would amount to the same thing, just worded differently, to waste several more years.
Like Illinois, they needed to be given a concrete deadline to make a constitutional licensing law, that would be reviewed by the court before it would go into effect.