A constitutional right belongs to the individual. Why should the exercise of the Second Amendment right to bear arms become a criminal offense simply because that individual crosses a jurisdictional boundary?
An Oklahoma National Guardsman deployed to Washington, D.C. was pulled over for an expired car registration, where police then found a pistol that wasn’t registered in the district. The guardsman was arrested this week and charged with a felony.
Jakob Noonan, 22, was charged Tuesday with carrying a 9mm Canik pistol without a license, according to court records. Noonan told police he was deployed to Washington with his National Guard unit.
“He stated that Oklahoma is an open-carry state and that the firearm was registered to him in Oklahoma. He acknowledged that he did not possess a valid District of Columbia concealed-carry permit,” according to a federal affidavit filed in the Washington, D.C. Superior Court.
By Patty Nieberg
