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Former D.C. police chief shifts stance on gun ban
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| December 10, 2007
Posted on 12/11/2007 3:07:30 PM PST by george76
Former D.C. Police Chief Charles Ramsey is shifting his position on Washington's 31-year ban on handgun ownership as the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on the issue.
Ramsey says there needs to be reasonable control over guns, but he says handgun registration can provide that control.
The former chief, who is set to take over Philadelphia's police department in January, says the nation is not going to ban handguns and he's taking a realistic approach to the issue.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Pennsylvania; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: banglist; castledoctrine; charlesramsey; corruption; dc; donutwatch; gungrabbers; guns; leo; parker; philadelphia; policechief; policestate; ramsey; rkba; scotus; taxdollarsatwork; youpayforthis
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:07:31 PM PST
by
george76
To: neverdem
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:08:28 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:09:22 PM PST
by
Sacajaweau
("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
To: george76
I wonder if he registered his mouth before uttering his comments. Just a reasonable restriction on a right, you understand.
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:09:40 PM PST
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: george76
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:10:41 PM PST
by
FormerACLUmember
(When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.)
To: george76
The former chief, who is set to take over Philadelphia's police department in January, says the nation is not going to ban handguns and he's taking a realistic approach to the issue.
The nation isn't going to ban the First Amendment either, but I sure hope he takes a better position on that right than he has on Second Amendment rights. He sounds almost like he wants to burst out in tears.
Licensing our rights? Morons...
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:14:02 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(California, where the death penalty is reserved for wholesome values. SB 777)
To: george76
DC never gave citizens this choice before. It just threw the Constitution away and took them. Heck with the government now.
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:14:12 PM PST
by
edcoil
(Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
To: george76
The former chief, who is set to take over Philadelphia's police department in January,May God watch over and protect the good citizens of Philly...
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:19:16 PM PST
by
ikka
To: george76
I will agree with his position if he can get all the criminals to register their’s.
Until that time ownership lists are the next confiscation lists.
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:19:17 PM PST
by
PeteB570
(Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
To: george76
Former D.C. Police Chief Charles RamseyLiving proof of how a dunce can be a police chief, but I think that is probably the norm.
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:27:07 PM PST
by
org.whodat
(What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
To: george76
What do you suppose a liberals idea of a reasonable approach is? They let criminals go and throw the book at law abiding persons. If more people like the woman in Colorado carried guns there would be less killing of the innocent and a quicker dispatch of the murders.
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:35:22 PM PST
by
mountainlyons
(Hard core conservative)
To: george76
So does this mean he’s worried what the SC will do and is trying for damage control?
To: driftdiver
Exactly and working on their next end run around the 2nd amendment. Onerous registration and infinite denials.
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:54:02 PM PST
by
festus
(Fred Thompson '08)
To: george76
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:56:46 PM PST
by
Disambiguator
(Political Correctness is criminal insanity writ large.)
To: Sacajaweau
Not this idiot again.Proof positive that the new mayor of Philly is a fraud.
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:58:43 PM PST
by
Stentor
To: ikka
I live in Philly and we are in the midst of a crime wave - murders are through the roof here and the best our city govt can do is demand a one-gun-a-month law from the state.
Somehow, bringing in someone from another crime ridden city doesn’t fill me with warm and fuzzy feelings.
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posted on
12/11/2007 4:07:26 PM PST
by
jbenedic2
(Nothing new for the New York Times)
To: george76
Former D.C. police chief shifts stance...He has a wide stance now.
On a serious note, I don't know how these people can live with themselves. They know the score, I'm sure, so all these proposals they float are just window dressing that does nothing to address any real problems.
They are the worst kind of political hacks, since they get people killed.
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posted on
12/11/2007 4:13:39 PM PST
by
Disambiguator
(Political Correctness is criminal insanity writ large.)
To: george76
Ramsey says there needs to be reasonable control over guns, but he says handgun registration can provide that control. So what part of "shall not be infringed" does this yahoo not understand?
Registration doesn't keep guns out of criminal hands, and often leads to later confiscation when it doesn't work and criminals continue misusing firearms. Which of course *they* don't register.
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posted on
12/11/2007 4:17:56 PM PST
by
El Gato
("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
To: Disambiguator
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posted on
12/11/2007 4:23:15 PM PST
by
stimpy17
(Home of the free because of the Brave.)
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