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D.C. Personal Protection Act Introduced in Senate
NRA-ILA ^ | May 19, 2005

Posted on 05/19/2005 1:19:15 PM PDT by neverdem

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1 posted on 05/19/2005 1:19:16 PM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem

Betcha Crime goes down if this passes.


2 posted on 05/19/2005 1:22:54 PM PDT by Ramonan (Honor does not go out of style.)
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To: neverdem

national crime rate fell 36%, as Washington D.C.’s crime rate soared 72%.

Looks to be going the opposite direction at the same rate!
OUCH.


3 posted on 05/19/2005 1:22:58 PM PDT by handy old one (It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. Aristotle)
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To: neverdem

This will have the Brady Bunch foaming at the mouth. ;^)


4 posted on 05/19/2005 1:34:23 PM PDT by Vigilant1 (The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

~Chris Cox ping~


I'm startin' to like this guy. :)


5 posted on 05/19/2005 1:37:38 PM PDT by JesseJane (Close the Borders. No Amnesty.)
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To: JesseJane

Someone go find Barry and tell him...no, not Chuck, Marion! He's probably down at the No-Tell Motel with a pro...just follow the crack smoke...


6 posted on 05/19/2005 1:50:26 PM PDT by libs_kma (USA: The land of the Free....Because of the Brave!)
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To: libs_kma

Sorry, I don't follow.


7 posted on 05/19/2005 1:51:53 PM PDT by JesseJane (Close the Borders. No Amnesty.)
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To: JesseJane
DC Mayor Marion Barry was convicted years back for crack possession and was a known frequentor of DC area prostitutes.

Yet, was re-elected after completing his sentencing!! (I forget just how long)

Go figure!!

8 posted on 05/19/2005 1:57:41 PM PDT by GoldCountryRedneck (Life is so short. Play naked.)
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To: GoldCountryRedneck

THANKS! I got it now.. Not Chuck Barry, but Marion Barry....LOL!! Sorry.. I was trying to connect the comment to Chris Cox, and my synapses took the fork in the road.. :)


9 posted on 05/19/2005 2:23:16 PM PDT by JesseJane (Close the Borders. No Amnesty.)
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To: Ramonan

Well - I think that is an awfully safe bet. Crime went up drastically AFTER the ban went into effect. Nothing like the comfortable feeling a criminal gets knowing that there victims are unarmed.


10 posted on 05/19/2005 2:38:17 PM PDT by TheBattman (Islam (and liberals)- the cult of Satan)
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To: JesseJane
He's the drugged out, derelict mayor of D.C. A big hero to the thugs and the goons that will hopefully be looking down the barrel if this passes.

He was videotaped in a motel room, smoking crack with a lady (lady is much too nice of a word to describe her though) of the evening. Got out of jail and they elected him Mayor again. Guess he lives up to their 'high' standards.

11 posted on 05/19/2005 2:38:55 PM PDT by libs_kma (USA: The land of the Free....Because of the Brave!)
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To: neverdem
So is Frist going to pour cold water on this like he did the last time it came up?
12 posted on 05/19/2005 2:49:53 PM PDT by inquest (FTAA delenda est)
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To: neverdem
FBI Uniform Crime Reports

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm

TEN WORST LARGE CITIES FOR MURDER, 2002

CITY PER 100,000

(1) Washington, DC 45.8

(2) Detroit 42.0

(3) Baltimore 38.3

(4) Memphis 24.7

(5) Chicago 22.2

(6) Philadelphia 19.0

(7) Columbus 18.1

(8) Milwaukee 18.0

(9) Los Angeles 17.5

(10) Dallas 15.8

The chance of being murdered in Washington, DC in 1990 was 3 times greater than the chance of an American soldier being killed in the Gulf War

13 posted on 05/19/2005 2:50:11 PM PDT by An American Patriot ("GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME"-- the opportunity to get the Hell out of here! Bye Bye VT- Hello, VA)
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To: inquest
So is Frist going to pour cold water on this like he did the last time it came up?

IIRC, it was either filibustered, or added to something else as a poison pill. Some parliamentary trick was done. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

14 posted on 05/19/2005 2:59:54 PM PDT by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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To: Ramonan
Betcha Crime goes down if this passes.

I'd look for a short spike in the number of dead bodies in the District, until the word really hits the streets that it's no longer open season on good guys. Watch for Marion Barry or some other idiot to bemoan the dead and dying punk population and immediately call for new and even more draconian legislation, local state and federal to put everybody on the same footing as DC.

Funny, I always thought Kay Baily Hutchinson was an anti-gun RINO. Maybe that was Christine Todd Whitman? The GOP Senator from New Jersey? Or was she a Governor?

15 posted on 05/19/2005 3:04:27 PM PDT by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: JesseJane

While I believe that Congressman Chris Cox is a strong supporter of RKBA, I think that "chief NRA lobbyist Chris W. Cox" is a different person. : )


16 posted on 05/19/2005 3:56:48 PM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
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To: ExSoldier

Christine Todd Whitman is the ex-Governor of New Jersey. She's definitely a RINO, and I assume that she is a gun-grabber.

Kay Bailey Hutchison is pro-choice on abortion (although her voting record on abortion hasn't been *that* terrible) but I think she's pro-gun.


17 posted on 05/19/2005 4:00:20 PM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

Whoops!! Thanks for letting me know!


18 posted on 05/19/2005 4:00:42 PM PDT by JesseJane (Close the Borders. No Amnesty.)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

"...but I think she's pro-gun."

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Definitely.
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Forced to leave gun in Texas, Hutchison has plan
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1406606/posts

" She may be able to hang a giant Lone Star flag outside her office, but Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said today there's one part of her Texas culture she couldn't bring to the nation's capital — her handgun.

" 'I have always had a handgun in the drawer next to my bed, and I would certainly again have one if it were legal in D.C.,' Hutchison said.

"Her office said her handgun is a Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum revolver."


19 posted on 05/19/2005 4:07:36 PM PDT by texasbluebell
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To: Ramonan
Betcha Crime goes down if this passes. not white collar crime. not while Congress is in session.
20 posted on 05/19/2005 6:46:46 PM PDT by Rakkasan1 (The MRS wanted to go to an expensive place to eat so I took her to the gas station.)
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