DC Lawsuit case - profile

The news of the D.C. gun ban being judged unconstitutional has been in the news a lot lately.

The 6 who filed the court case have normally just been mentioned in passing. I found this article that interviews him, and tells of the time he had to pull his firearm to protect himself in California.

“They shouted anti-gay epithets and they made death threats,” Palmer said. “We ran and they chased us.”

Seconds later, Palmer pulled out a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol he owned legally and pointed it at the youths, whom he was certain had planned to harm or kill him and his companion in a gay bashing incident.

“It stopped them in their tracks,” he said. “The leader of the group stared at the gun and said, ‘Do you have a permit for that?’ I said if they came any closer I would shoot. They backed off.”

Note how the criminal reacted to the firearm. California is a disarmed victim state.