Posted on 01/16/2008 9:17:27 PM PST by neverdem
In a legal brief filed with the high court, the cities, joined by the nonpartisan U.S. Conference of Mayors, argue that they suffer "disproportionately" from firearm violence and should be able to enact reasonable restrictions on the weapons.
"Major American cities ... bear the brunt of the problem," said the legal brief, signed by Seattle City Attorney Thomas Carr and lawyers for the other cities. The brief was primarily written by lawyers with the San Francisco-based Legal Community Against Violence, a group that works to prevent gun crimes.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in March over the constitutionality of the D.C. ordinance that prohibits owning handguns. The ban applies to all residents of Washington, D.C., except active and retired law enforcement officers. The D.C. law allows private ownership of rifles and shotguns but requires residents to use trigger locks or to disassemble those weapons in their homes.
After six D.C. residents challenged the law in federal court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in their favor last year and said the ordinance violated an "individual right to keep and bear arms" embodied in the Second Amendment. The Supreme Court agreed to hear the district's appeal of the ruling and is poised to consider its biggest gun-rights case in almost 70 years.
The 11 cities that signed the brief were: Baltimore, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, New York, Oakland, Philadelphia, Sacramento, San Francisco, Seattle and Trenton, N.J.
“Major American cities ... bear the brunt of the problem,”
And of course, those inclined to commit firearm violence would be more than willing to obey the restrictions...
Will the NRA, GOA, JPF create and send briefs to the Supremes opposing any opinion that strengthens, supports, or defends continued gun restrictions?
Maybe they haven’t been watching the death wish films on AMC this week.
“The 11 cities that signed the brief were: Baltimore, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, New York, Oakland, Philadelphia, Sacramento, San Francisco, Seattle and Trenton, N.J.”
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Just a guess here. Probably none of these cities has a Republican Mayor. Kali has a sort of-Republican Governator, do any of the others?
Crime breeds where it is not held back.
It would be instructive to know what percentage of these cities are ILLEGAL SANCTUARY cities, in fact even if not declared...
And no military in the world, that I know of, issues semiautomatic weapons to it's infantry troops. Specialists like snipers, yes, but not the common grunt. The grunts get machine guns or submachine guns in some armies. I'd say that makes machine guns in pretty common use. That includes vehicle crews and even mechanics at least in some armies, in others they get semi-auto handguns.
I got that point. What I didn't read is what they say about WHY they are in such a predicament.
It's yes at least for the NRA.
Reminder bump!
Well at least the President is on our side. He’s a republican. Whew!
Let’s see if I have this right:
We, major American cities, are infested with lowlifes who threaten people with guns. In order to ensure they can continue to issue and implement these threats with total impunity, we must be able to keep their victims defenseless.
Makes sense to a liberal, I guess.
What a shock, NOT. A bunch of Liberal cities want to continue to be able to keep their populations from defending themselves. They won’t change any votes on the Court.
All Blue Zone cities. Duh.
Just what I want - some thick-witted city councilman who got elected by buying a few rounds of drinks at the local Elks Club taking away my 2nd Amendment rights. It’s the U.S. Constitution people. Not an local option in Anytown, USA.
Perhaps major cities could address the PROBLEM, which is criminals using guns to commit crimes, instead of sloppy, lazy, attempts to impose one-size-fits-all solutions, which just ban all guns, and penalize honest citizens more than the criminals? You know, respecting the US Constitution at the same time?
Is that too much to ask from our hired public servants?
No Republican mayor in Sacramento. I can’t remember the last Republican we had. The mayors here usually try to imitate what San Francisco is doing. She must have spoken with Gavin Newsom to get in on the ground floor on this one.
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