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Clinton Totally Botched The D.C. vs. Heller Case
Townhall.com ^ | October 19, 2016 | Christine Rousselle

Posted on 10/20/2016 7:55:58 AM PDT by Kaslin

During Wednesday's debate, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton made a rather curious claim about the District of Columbia v. Heller Supreme Court case: D.C. was merely trying to "protect toddlers," and the Supreme Court didn't accept the "reasonable regulation."

Hillary on Guns

Just one small issue: that's not at all what Heller was concerned with. Prior to the Heller decision, the District of Columbia's restrictions on handguns weren't what anyone would call "reasonable." The Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 was a complete and total ban on the private ownership of handguns--even by trained police officers and by people with a legitimate need for self defense. "Toddlers" had nothing to do with it. The law in D.C. also required that guns had to be stored with trigger locks or completely disassembled. The Supreme Court ruled that both of these provisions were in violation of the Second Amendment.

Even the Associated Press called out Hillary for how badly she messed that one up:

For what it's worth, crime in D.C. was not reduced even with the passage of the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975. About a decade after the city enacted gun laws, the total number of murders climbed from 188 to 369, making D.C. one of the most dangerous cities in the country.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: banglist; heller; hillaryrottenclinton; rkba
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To: Paladin2

Did she say she was going to grab guns. No she didn’t. The there for I believe she will.


41 posted on 10/20/2016 8:50:42 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: Ohioan

Good job!


42 posted on 10/20/2016 8:51:20 AM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: lonevoice

ping


43 posted on 10/20/2016 8:53:24 AM PDT by Pride in the USA
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To: vette6387

Oh... and don’t leave out Stuart Varney! He’s great!


44 posted on 10/20/2016 8:53:51 AM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: Kaslin

Toddlers with guns are a huge probelm


45 posted on 10/20/2016 8:57:39 AM PDT by PMAS (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing)
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To: Kaslin
Sadly, Trump botched it, too.

When she came up with that "law for the toddlers," crap, Trump should have laughed her off the stage, as I'm sure 95% of the rest of did.

He should have said: "DC vs. Heller was a landmark decision which affirmed that the Second Amendment recognizes an individual right to keep and bear arms. And no person who claims to support the Second Amendment could possibly be opposed to that ruling."

46 posted on 10/20/2016 9:00:35 AM PDT by FredZarguna (And what Rough Beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Fifth Avenue to be born?)
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To: rktman

She does support the 2ndA - just not for everyone. She supports gun ownership for the govt and select groupsl. The liberal view isnt a gun free society but one in which some are armed and others arent. This makes it easier to force their agenda on an otherwise unwilling public and to erase certain undesirable groups.


47 posted on 10/20/2016 9:00:44 AM PDT by 556x45
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To: Kaslin

Audio of Clinton: “The Supreme Court is WRONG on the Second Amendment! And I am going to make that case every chance I get.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lP3wjxJwlk


48 posted on 10/20/2016 9:02:06 AM PDT by Ray76 (Communism is a lie told by the Prince of Lies)
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To: Kaslin

She was quibbling over the words `make’ and `ask’ as well.
On taxes she said she was going to “ask Americans to contribute more.”
Extrapolating from that, she will “ask” Americans to participate in an Australian-type gun buy-back.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-gun-buybacks_us_56216331e4b02f6a900c5d67

Knowing the IRS and BATF, recently fortified with plenty of real assault weapons and ammo, the “asking” will not be voluntary, and she will sit back and grin that crocodilian smile while Americans tear one another part.

So she discloses America’s nuclear response time on national TV as well, but Trump is dangerous.


49 posted on 10/20/2016 9:18:21 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers, all armed conservatives)
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To: Kaslin

wouldn’t it have been nice to have a constitutional scholar running against her.


50 posted on 10/20/2016 9:21:40 AM PDT by SPRINK
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To: Cboldt

Not what I meant (but I didn’t say it clearly). I meant that the total (32,000) included suicides and that the previous chart I looked at was exclusively homicide figures. Thanks. I clarified it for myself. Question was retracted.


51 posted on 10/20/2016 9:31:47 AM PDT by Zarro (Tune OUT the MSM. The enemy of our republic.)
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To: Kaslin; mylife; Joe Brower; MaxMax; Randy Larsen; waterhill; Envisioning; AZ .44 MAG; umgud; ...
LYING...it's what Hillary does.

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Please FReepmail me to be added to or deleted from this ping list.

52 posted on 10/20/2016 9:58:39 AM PDT by PROCON (David didn't need to know Goliath's strength because he already knew God's)
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To: SPRINK

The stuttering purple lipped rat eared dog eater has run his last race, Cruzbot


53 posted on 10/20/2016 10:03:31 AM PDT by Phil DiBasquette
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To: longfellow

Wel, she didn’t say she wouldn’t if she could. Besides she’d like to have others do it for her.


54 posted on 10/20/2016 10:04:09 AM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
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To: Kaslin
Of course. She "misstates" the facts about the case.

Some would say she deliberately "lied" about the case.

55 posted on 10/20/2016 10:04:11 AM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: fwdude
She defers to the safety of toddlers, but not if they’re just a few hours from being born.

Clinton will gladly crawl over a pile of aborted babies to claim toddlers are at risk of evil guns. The bitch has no moral compass, and if she did all it would do is spin to a blur.

56 posted on 10/20/2016 10:23:02 AM PDT by TADSLOS (Vote Trump. Defeat the Clinton Crime Syndicate. Reset America.)
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To: Beagle8U
Trump didn’t call her out on it..

Yes. Discouraging to say the least.

57 posted on 10/20/2016 10:35:18 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Pride in the USA; Stillwaters
Wow.

But did you hear that Trump called her a "nasty woman"? Now, that's all that really matters.

58 posted on 10/20/2016 11:05:02 AM PDT by lonevoice (diagonally parked in a parallel universe)
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To: smokingfrog

Trump blew it.


59 posted on 10/20/2016 11:05:17 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Giggles the pig for POTUS - 2016)
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To: Zarro

“And her claim of 33,000 gun deaths per year? I believe that to be a lie/exaggeration.”

I think the number 33,000 was imprinted on her brain by Trump’s repeated reference to the number of emails she destroyed.


60 posted on 10/20/2016 1:23:21 PM PDT by map
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