86thecat
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No, that would be Hillary. She could try it after Rosie.
Fenty claims semi-auto handguns still illegal
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No, that would be Hillary. She could try it after Rosie.
rugerman07
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The supreme court struck down D.C.'s law banning handguns. Regardless of whether the handgun is a single shot, revolver, or semi auto, makes no difference. D.C. cannot ban handguns of any type. The D.C. mayor is looking for loopholes that aren't there. What part of the supreme court's decision did this clown not understand?
ZeSpectre
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testin' the waters
He's testin' the waters
The trouble is that those 9 robes on the hill is a little testy themselves and Mr. Mayor just might find out he's bitten off more than he can chew.
He's testin' the waters
The trouble is that those 9 robes on the hill is a little testy themselves and Mr. Mayor just might find out he's bitten off more than he can chew.
bogie
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Something tells me that someone in his office is a fool.
I also wonder about the 20 question test that one has to pass - is it designed to be unpassable by most folks?
I also wonder about the 20 question test that one has to pass - is it designed to be unpassable by most folks?
Ragnar Danneskjold
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Really? I'm a Military Police officer in the Army National Guard, and I must have missed that particular block of instruction. Care to back up your claims about how we are trained?
gbran
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Are there any ffl's in DC? These poor folks may not be able to buy guns with or without SCOTUS, if not.
What does he care, it's not his. Way to go though, trying to ignore the law seconds after it comes out.
You know what? This may be the case necessary to get licensing ruled unconstitutional! Now, that would be sweet. Who knew Fenty might [involuntarily] provide unfettered arms freedom to his entire city?
There is only one thing I can say when he gets smacked down again. That thing is
Fear Night
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Semi automatics are considered machine guns under DC laws. What a freaking joke.
Prince Yamato
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Which is kind of odd, because the definition of "machine gun" is a federal one and that is not what the federal gov't says a MG is. D.C. is federal, no? Somebody hand this man his hindquarters on a silver platter.
Fear Night
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The federal government also has a definition for a Weapon of Mass Destruction (specifically must have some type of biological/nuclear agent). Despite this, a fake rocket launcher is considered a WMD in Florida.
Basically, state and local governments don't care what the Feds say.
,romma
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This guy needs to squirm in handcuffs, in a federal holding cell for a few hours till one of his cohorts bails him out and they set a court date.
That's probably all it would take to snap him some reality.
That's probably all it would take to snap him some reality.
Prince Yamato
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What he's doing illegal. It's called Contempt of Court. He's failing to obey the lawful order of the Supreme Court. What he's doing is a federal crime.
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The technique that next need be applied is to expand the range of this ruling. Heller asked the court only to require that DC grant him a license. We next need to wedge this in two directions. The first is to remove the apparent right of the governmental agency to charge for the license, on grounds that this is used to limit access much as in poll taxes. The second is to attack the ability of the governmental unit to require registration of the firearm. The registration flies directly in the face of keeping, and is not required as we already have an instant background check in place that prevents felons from acquiring.
As just a thought, we need to keep the instant background check in place for now. It does need some modification; to allow for groups such as licensed collectors and members of shooting groups to avoid the system. The thought would be that these people already have extensive access to firearms, and that a background check is simply a waste of time and money.
As just a thought, we need to keep the instant background check in place for now. It does need some modification; to allow for groups such as licensed collectors and members of shooting groups to avoid the system. The thought would be that these people already have extensive access to firearms, and that a background check is simply a waste of time and money.
I'm no expert here, but, that contempt may be in sprit only at this point. My understanding is that the actually *legal* injunction will not be "served" for a few weeks. A city that was conscientious in obeying the sprit would at least suspend enforcement of the ban until they get the court's order and work out the legal and legislative technicalities of being in compliance.
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The Supreme Court decision on this and related points is clear. Its order is even clearer:
Note that in English so plain and simple that even Mayor Adrian Fenty should understand it without much coaching, the Supreme Court of the United States of America has ordered the District of Columbia to register HIS handgun and issue HIM a license to carry it in his home.
I don't remember, and I'm not even sure whether I once knew, if one of the District's argument in the original case was that Heller's handgun violated the District's bizarre definitions. If it did, that aspect of its argument went out with the garbage. If it didn't, it can't keep coming up with new objections.
That game she is over, Heller won it, and Fenty should be getting fit for a jackass suit to wear at his next re-election party.
In fact Adrian Fenty has earned a place in American history as one of those men whose arrogance turned a minor local setback into a major national disaster for the cause of gun control. All Fenty and the District had to do was comply with the Appeals Court verdict and revise its laws to create other hurdles. Instead he chose to have the District itself open the door to the Supreme Court. It hit him in his skinny little buttocks on the way out.
Fenty has proven himself a loser and a fool. I don't see why he keeps trying to make sure everyone knows it. Maybe he's auditioning for a new reality TV show, something like America's Greatest Idiot Mayor. If so he has some pretty stiff competition from mayors like Richard M. Daley and Michael Bloomberg. Daley has just leaped into the same pile as Fenty. Bloomberg is sure to follow at the first opportunity. It takes a village to raise a village idiot.
fairfax1
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That is a really random exclusion.
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