Posted on 03/29/2007 9:10:40 AM PDT by ozoneliar
WASHINGTON, DC -- Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) introduced the District of Columbia Personal Protection Act of 2007, a bill to restore Second Amendment rights in Washington, D.C.
“The constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens do not end when they cross into the borders of the District of Columbia,” said Sen. Hutchison.
“The gun ban has been proven ineffective by the trend of increased violent crime in the District. The citizens of Washington, D.C., deserve to have the same right to defend themselves and their families in their homes that lawful Americans enjoy.
“This requires both a legislative and judicial remedy. I hope the Parker case goes before the Supreme Court and that the court asserts that the right to bear arms is an individual, and not a collective, right as the D.C. Circuit and Fifth Circuit Courts have affirmed.”
The District of Columbia enacted the Firearms and Control Regulations Act in 1976 that banned handguns and required rifles and shotguns to be registered and stored unloaded and either locked or disassembled, giving it the most restrictive gun control laws in the nation. Prior to the gun ban’s implementation, the murder rate in the District was on the decline. Following the ban, the murder rate began to rise while violent crime was decreasing nationally. According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports, in 2005, the most recent year from which statistics are available, the District of Columbia led the nation in violent crime.
See: S.1001
Good point.
Agreed. I prefer to win the war and not a single battle.
If not now, when?
Should they wait on SCOTUS?
[insert chirping cricket sound effects]
And if the push is to get SCOTUS to write an opinion or rule on the issue...
I would say y'all had better be careful what you wish for...
The Supreme Court of the United States of America is not a lock on this issue...yet...Probably never will be...
And if by some chance the court rules that the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a "fundamental right", instead of an "individual right" or even more important than that, it is an "inalienable right"...Its ALL over...
You will see gun bans enacted from here to Christmas (before Christmas is even banned)...
“The gun ban has been proven ineffective by the trend of increased violent crime in the District. The citizens of Washington, D.C., deserve to have the same right to defend themselves and their families in their homes that lawful Americans enjoy."
End of argument.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Fortunately the DemocRATS won't let this come up for a vote. They even squashed their own pet bill to give DC a vote in Congress, because Republicans got an amendment on the bill abolishing the DC gun ban.
There's a reason DC is not part of a state. It was intended as a neutral site for the Capitol. The founding fathers didn't want a hostile state legislature or local government controlling it. If permanent residents of the district don't like that, they should move elsewhere.
No doubt, Virginia Senator Jim Webb will be a co-signor on this bill.
Marion Barry might give an endorsement also.
Tim McViegh did not do what he (and a bunch of others that didn't get caught) did because of anti-gun laws or other infringements to the RKBA...
No, but Tim McVeigh was a dangerous nut angry at the government. There are no shortage of McVeigh replacements.
Hey, wait a sec...I'm angry at my government too! I think you are as well, but does that make us do what TMcV et.al. did???
I don't think so...We're smarter than that...Right?
I think we are all mad at the government...but very few people are interested in following in McVeigh's footsteps...but all it takes is one to really ruin the day.
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
"I didn't know she was still around."
Sure. The RINO just promoted having Love Field in Dallas reduce the gates in order to give Southwest Airlines and American Airlines an oligopoly over airfares in DFW. Residents of DFW pay an inordinate premium to AA because of legislation like this. Don't want more competitors? Call Kay Bailey. Want to tear down the old Legends terminal ($100mm) at Love Field to prevent new competition? Call Kay Bailey. Want to prevent new air travel from McKinney TX? Call Kay Bailey.
Hey Kay Bailey...who benefits from reducing the gates from 32 to 20? your voters? The common little traveler?
Major RINO...or maybe a better description would be Country Club Republican
I thought we just had one U.S. Senator right now, John Cornyn...or at least that is what it seems like. I hear a lot from him but not from Kay Baby.
Yes, I certainly think His Honor would like to take a crack at it.
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