What If Emily Wasn't Smart, Articulate, And Connected (DC)

No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money ^ | 26 January, 2012 | John Richardson

[marktwain]

In the interview below with Natasha Barrett of Newschannel 8, Emily Miller explains the events that convinced her to want to buy a gun and then her efforts to actually purchase a gun since she is a D.C. resident. If you have been following her series in the Washington Times, you know it has been a long and arduous process.

It has also been expensive. In addition to the price of her new Sig 229, Emily has had to spend $435 in fees and other expenses to meet the District of Columbia's gun regulations. She is now having to wait 10 days before she can take her new pistol home due to a "cooling off" period.

Emily Miller is an attractive, well-educated (Georgetown), well-spoken young woman with a high profile position as a senior editor with the Washington Times. Before that she was the deputy press secretary for both Secretary of State Colin Powell and Condolezza Rice. If someone like her with all of her connections has this much trouble exercising her Constitutional right to own a firearm for her own self-defense in her own home, imagine what it is like for everyone else who isn't as bright, articulate, and connected. If you said, damn near impossible, I think you'd be correct.

I hope she mentions that when she testifies before D.C. City Council on Monday, January 30th.

[marktwain]

There is a video at the link.

It is a "best kept secret" that the most intellegent, the most literate and best connected, do best in a highly regulated, complex legal environment.

They learn how to jump through the hoops with the most ease, and learn to take advantage of the loopholes that the system leaves open.

[CGalen]

Wasn’t the original purpose of gun control laws to keep poor blacks (and also poor white trash) from having guns?

The rich are never denied armed protection.

[DBrow]

“It is a “best kept secret” that the most intellegent, the most literate and best connected, do best in a highly regulated, complex legal environment. “

This is part of the Dem argument about picture ID for voting. the Dem base can’t keep it straight that they must have an ID and voter registration in which the details like address match.

Naturally those without a valid picture ID can’t, legally, buy a firearm from a dealer.

[smokingfrog]

It's taken her how long to jump through all the necessary ‘hoops’ to 'legally' own a firearm and she still has to wait 10 days to pick up her pistol? What a cruel sick joke!

[tanknetter]

It's taken her how long to jump through all the necessary ‘hoops’ to 'legally' own a firearm and she still has to wait 10 days to pick up her pistol? What a cruel sick joke!

Beyond that, how long would it have taken her had she made some sensible decisions in her life? Like choosing to live in Virginia rather than DC?

While I fully support the 2nd Amendment and think DC's gun-control laws need to be tossed into the Anacostia, Emily is acting as an enabler in all this by choosing to live in DC ... paying taxes that feed this sort of nonsense.

After six years living there (for college and a couple years afterwards) I voted with my feet wrt DC 16 years ago. Have never regretted moving to the "good" side of the Potomac.