Posted on 02/26/2009 5:43:58 PM PST by wheelgun
U.S. Senate Votes to Uphold Second Amendment in Washington, D.C.
Thursday, February 26, 2009 Fairfax, Va. - The United States Senate has voted, with overwhelming bipartisan support, to adopt an amendment offered by Senator John Ensign (R-NV) that seeks to protect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens in the District of Columbia. The amendment, attached to S.160, the D.C. Voting Rights Act, will repeal restrictive gun control laws passed by the District of Columbia's (D.C.) city council after the landmark D.C. v. Heller Supreme Court decision. The vote margin was 62-36.
"Today's vote brings us one step closer to restoring the Second Amendment freedom of law-abiding D.C. residents," said NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox. "It's ludicrous that good people in our nation's capital continue to be harassed as they try to defend themselves and their loved ones in their own homes. This vote reinforces the historic Heller ruling."
After the Heller ruling, the D.C. city council passed a law requiring would-be gun owners to pay a registration fee, pass a 20-question multiple choice test, take a five-hour training course, undergo an invasive background check every six years, re-register any firearm every three years, and finally, submit all handguns for ballistics testing. Current D.C. law also bans an overwhelming majority of firearms commonly used for self-defense. This Ensign Amendment would also remedy that unjust practice.
"NRA would like to thank the lead sponsor, Sen. John Ensign for his efforts to reform D.C.'s gun laws and enable folks to protect their property and their loved ones," concluded Cox. "It's time for leaders in Washington to wake up to the fact that the Supreme Court decision is now the law of the land."
Talk about RATS squealing like stuck pigs....lol.
I see that the newly-appointed senator from New York, Gillebrand, supposedly pro-gun, voted against the measure.
Hussein obama claims to be pro gun too. A whole bunch of idiots bought that line!
The difference between Obama and Gillebrand, of course, is that the NRA supported Gillebrand and labeled her pro-gun.
It’s encouraging that gun rights were in this instance affirmed.
It’s still discouraging that the overall bill - which is a blatantly unconstitutional monstrosity - passed.
BTW, FWIW everyone (especially Indiana FReepers) may want to take note that Dick Lugar was the only “Republican” to vote against the Ensign amendment.
It had nothing to do with Kathleen Willy, Jennifer Flowers, and Monica right?
That took a minute, but the light did come on.
Sheets has been behaving himself lately. I saw where he was crabbing at the White House for usurping Congressional power by appointing White House operatives to oversee policy. I've also heard he's been seen at the local dry cleaners picking up some old...
The D-rats HAD to give a few crumbs to the Republicans, to get their support for allowing a non-state, govt entity to be represented to the govt itself......!
That an unconstitutional bill contains provisions friendly to your point of view doesn't change the major flaw.
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