Look at the links to some of the other local news --- roadblocks to be established, eight murders in the District last weekend ... what a cultural and moral cesspool. Our nation's capital...

In a Democracy the people get the Gov't they deserve by and large. DC is the brave new world of entitlement and irresponsibility, the "good" citizens will probably vote these clowns back in and waste more money on litigation.
The Congress should never have given DC quasi statehood, they should return to the constitution and tear the public housing down and turn the land into public parks. The District was never intended to be a permanent place of residence, but rather a seat of the peoples Gov't while they were away from their homes Governing.

You shouldn't expect much out of those who kept re-electing Marion Barry every chance they got.

These idiots love to ban things.
D.C. Council ponders ban on single beer containers

Too bad there's no ban on idiots and criminals on the DC Council.

DC government makes New Orleans government look legitimate.

Here's another fun one;
Will D.C. Council have a say in gun law?

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Nickles warns of another concern in his letter. Congressional interference. Nickles writes that it is important for the District to have a "measured response" to the Supreme Court's decision so that "any need that Congress perceives to intervene in this area be kept to a minimum."

As for restrictions, the mayor is considering ballistics fingerprinting for handguns, waiting periods, background checks, requiring training, annual re-registration and requiring trigger locks, as well as maintaining the District's ban on semi-automatic handguns.

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Originally posted by sasu:
From the link provided at the beginning:

Guns would have be be kept unloaded except for "immediate self-defense".

So I assume the D.C. authorities will set up a warning system that tells a citizen a few minutes in advance when it is time load the defense weapon. I could live with that... not.

So, one keeps a firearm loaded/unlocked all the time because it is for immediate self defense, the possibility or potential. They can't stop someone from their right to in home self defense, so says the high court. The Washington DC board or councilmen or whatever they call themselves can collectively go and %#$@ themselves.

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Originally posted by narc766:

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Guns would have be be kept unloaded except for "immediate self-defense."

WTF??? Does the poor resident trying to defend himself/herself have to ask the nefarious character to "wait just a minute" until you stab/rob/rape/break into my house while I load my weapon.

You would think that after 16 year in Law Enforcement I wouldn't be surprised by much, but these aholes take the cake.

I'm sure you'd find hundreds of similar attempts to keep the corpse of Jim Crow shuffling along after Brown v. Board of Education and similar decisions.

Really stupid people will only truly apply themselves to really stupid endeavors. Fenty and company are just one in an endless stream of examples.

Originally posted by sasu:
From the link provided at the beginning:

Guns would have be be kept unloaded except for "immediate self-defense".

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Since this is just 'common sense' gun law,

Should not the Mayor's body guards have the same 'common sense' logic applied to them.

After All, It's Just "Common Sense"


Art

Common sense? Yeah, well, you can't pour a quart into a pint bottle.

Thinking like this from the DC council.... Who'da thunk it?

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Marion Shepilov Barry, Jr. (born March 6, 1936) is an American politician who served as the second elected mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991, and again as the fourth mayor from 1995 to 1999. He was the target of a high-profile 1990 arrest on drug charges, which precluded him from seeking reelection that year. After he was convicted of the charges, Barry served 6 months in prison, but was elected to the D.C. council in 1992 and ultimately to the mayoralty in 1994, serving a second term from 1995 to 1999. Today, Barry serves on the Council of the District of Columbia, representing Ward Eight.

Sounds like they don't respect many other constitutional right in D.C. either. Of course, since most of the populace is probably illegally here or on probation or parole, maybe the authorities have more leeway...

http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=25&sid=1415665

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Originally posted by The Big D:
I suspect there will be some of you truly fired up when you read this. And I think the last line in the article is prophetic.nid=596&sid=1432903[/URL]

The new regulations will be overturned in short order.Last I knew our Founding Fathers didn't include trigger locks and unloaded in thier decision.Andrew Cuomo.the NY Attorney General,has said that they will only change the law if the State gets sued.....I say give him what he wants......God Bless.......Mike

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Originally posted by armadillo:
You shouldn't expect much out of those who kept re-electing Marion Barry every chance they got.

exactly my thought...and the nitwits deserve nothing better than what they ask for

It took about 26 years for their last foolishness to be overturned. And, the defense of that was paid for with their constituents money, of course.

I guess they figure every 26 years they can pass the same old crap.....

Dan R

Sgt Preston here. One of the great things about our legal system is that everyday somebody can sue anybody about everything or anything. Maybe the system needs to be revised or modified to make sure the suits seem "reasonable". The real answer to the US crime problem is simply to build more jails & make the full term sentences mandatory. That is the only real way to protect the public. We simply need to remove the "trash" from the streets. That is the only way it will ever work. It's not a gun problem, it's a "trash" problem. Sgt Preston USMC LLA

Have the death penalty mean something. If you kill someone, you get convicted and die.

You were as dangerous to society as a rabid wolf and society took care of the problem.