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Forced to leave gun in Texas, Hutchison has plan
Associated Press ^
| May 19, 2005
Posted on 05/19/2005 1:43:53 PM PDT by Dog Gone
WASHINGTON 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.
Hutchison said she didn't know when she arrived from Austin in 1993 that the District of Columbia prohibits keeping a fully assembled handgun in the home. The district's ban has been in place since 1975.
Hutchison, a Republican who is considering a 2006 run for Texas governor, introduced legislation today to lift the ban. If the bill passes she said she would keep a gun in her D.C. home.
Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and George Allen, R-Va., are co-sponsors.
"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.
Hutchison said after she learned of the D.C. gun ban, she dismantled her gun, bought a travel case for it and took it back to Texas. She said she's complying with the law even though she thinks it's unconstitutional.
"I think every woman in the District of Columbia should have the ability to protect herself in her home," she said.
Hutchison previously served as chair of the Appropriations subcommittee that oversees funding for the District of Columbia.
A similar attempt at repealing D.C.'s gun ban failed last year. Hutchison lends the clout of a member of the Republican leadership she is the vice-chair of the Republican Conference and her measure has 25 co-sponsors
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 109th; bang; banglist; cary; cornyn; dc; georgeallen; hutchison; personalprotection
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To: Dog Gone
I spoke too soon. This morning, Kay Bailey responded to Clements. Basically, she accused him of working in collusion with Perry to blame any rancor in a GOP primary on her.
She's waiting until June 30 to decide so she can determine if blaming the failure of the Texas leg to come up with property tax relief and a school funding plan on Perry will work to her advantage.
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posted on
05/20/2005 8:22:28 AM PDT
by
sinkspur
(If you want unconditional love with skin, and hair and a warm nose, get a shelter dog.)
To: sinkspur
Well, crud. I guess we'll just have to see how this develops, but I tend to agree with Clements.
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posted on
05/20/2005 8:35:29 AM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: Dog Gone
Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and George Allen, R-Va., are co-sponsors. Gov. Allen for President!
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posted on
05/20/2005 8:37:39 AM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: Dog Gone
Her office said her handgun is a Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum revolver. Hutchison said after she learned of the D.C. gun ban, she dismantled her gun, bought a travel case for it and took it back to Texas. Somebody pray tell me how to field strip a DA revolver? Pretty tough without a screwdriver. If she performed a detail strip/disassembly and removed the side plate, trigger assembly, cylinder...yada yada yada....I hope she didn't have parts left over on the reassembly!
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posted on
05/20/2005 3:21:53 PM PDT
by
ExSoldier
(Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
To: SandyB
Even Mrs. Reagan was not allowed to bring her .38 revovler to the white house. She said in an interview once, that she used to keep a .38 in the dresser next to her bed, before she moved to the white house.Sorry, but I don't buy that. The White House is Federal territory and the local ban wouldn't apply. For example for years the county where Enterprise Alabama is located is or was dry. No alcohol sales. That law did not apply to nearby home of army aviation, Fort Rucker. Every 21+ girl in the county was always in the Rucker Officer's Club every Friday night! Now, maybe Ronnie said no....or much more likely the Secret Service said NO! But it wasn't a DC gun law.
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posted on
05/20/2005 3:26:42 PM PDT
by
ExSoldier
(Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
To: Dog Gone
She'd be the wealthiest woman in Texas if we were dumb enough to permit alimony payments.
Perhaps she took care of her husbands. She's probably got enough money in her family as they were well know in the UT Law system. Her father was Dean Keaton.
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:12:42 PM PDT
by
Gracey
To: ExSoldier
It was a long time ago, 25 years ago? but I do remember I read it somewhere, or maybe it was even in one of her TV interviews that she said it.
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posted on
05/23/2005 10:22:14 AM PDT
by
SandyB
To: SandyB
I don't doubt your word. All I'm saying is that maybe she was told such was the case when in reality it was the Secret Service who nixed the idea and Ronnie went along with it.
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posted on
05/23/2005 12:24:27 PM PDT
by
ExSoldier
(Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
To: Dog Gone
This has got to be only step one of a bigger plan. Step #2 has to be to get CCW permit legislation passed for the District. Step #3 must be to press for reciprocity between DC and Texas. Then Ms Gratia-Hupp can be covered when not at work but in the District anyway.
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posted on
05/23/2005 12:28:00 PM PDT
by
ExSoldier
(Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
To: ExSoldier
Then Ms Gratia-Hupp can be covered when not at work but in the District anyway. I may have missed something, but isn't Suzanna Hupp still a Texas State Representative from district 54?
(Not that I'd mind seeing her end up in DC, if her interests lie in that direction.)
To: Dog Gone
To: blau993
You need to look into the details of the "Safe Passage" provision of the McLure-Volkmer Forearms Owners Protection Act of 1986.
If it covers your situation, you need to carry a copy of it, as the cops do not actually know the laws they "enforce".
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posted on
05/23/2005 1:25:46 PM PDT
by
Richard-SIA
("The natural progress of things is for government to gain ground and for liberty to yield" JEFFERSON)
To: Dog Gone
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posted on
05/23/2005 1:34:39 PM PDT
by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: mdefranc
Chief Justice Warren Burger answered a knock at his front door while carrying a very large pistol That schmuck? That was the jackass who called the 2nd Amendment a fraud.
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posted on
05/23/2005 1:39:23 PM PDT
by
Dan from Michigan
("The constitution is not a living organism for Pete's sake" - Judge Scalia)
To: Doctor Stochastic
Isn't Carl Rowan's son an FBI agent on the NRA board of directors?
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posted on
05/23/2005 1:42:40 PM PDT
by
Dan from Michigan
("The constitution is not a living organism for Pete's sake" - Judge Scalia)
To: Dan from Michigan
Seems to be so.
Rowan acted correctly but preached wrongly. Being a liberal is tough.
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posted on
05/23/2005 1:47:47 PM PDT
by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: Freebird Forever
Well what do you know! DUH. I am so DAIN BRAMAGED since it is only two weeks to summer vacation and I'm going blind finishing up my grades, tests, etc. Sorry. Yes you are 100% correct: Gratia-Hupp is still in the Texas legislature but I also agree she's make a great addition to the national stage!
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posted on
05/23/2005 2:12:09 PM PDT
by
ExSoldier
(Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
To: goldstategop
But they do! Note the murder rate in DC.
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posted on
05/23/2005 2:22:16 PM PDT
by
PaRebel
(Self Defense: an unalienable right!)
To: society-by-contract
Nice......
.......er........
......rifle.
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posted on
05/23/2005 2:23:43 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Not Elected Pope Since 4/19/2005.)
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