NRA forces Pelosi retreat

The Hill ^ | 03/03/09 | Mike Soraghan

[xcamel]

DC is not one of the “several states” - what part of this do they not get???

[exist]

Oh. Politically? Darn it.

[joma89]

Glad I just sent in my membership renewal.

JoMa

[txnativegop]

They don’t, doesn’t fit their needs.

[Mr. Mojo]

The Rats (Pelosi in particular) are scared to death of getting their butts kicked in the '10 midterms. ....a repeat of '94. She will say/do anything to hang onto power.

[Frantzie]

Me too. The NRA better fight like lions against the marxists. The gun and ammo companies are the only American companies raking in money now.

[StonyMan451]

“The D.C. vote bill needs to pass,” said Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif.), a Blue Dog gun-rights supporter who sits on the House Rules Committee. “I would have concerns about any group who would tell us how to run our House.”

That's the problem in a nutshell right there. That idiot has forgotten that it's the people's house, not theirs! They're supposed to be representatives of the people, not their rulers! The S.O.3. should be run out of town!

[willgolfforfood]

He added that since Congress has given D.C. home rule, it should not be dictating its gun laws.

“That’s for them to do,” Hoyer said of D.C. officials. “On principle, this is not appropriate.”

But it's OK to ignore that inconvenient Constitution thingy, that doesn't allow DC this kind of representation, isn't it, Hoyer?

So if they pass this bill for quasi-statehood for DC - including the gun law that the NRA supports - and subsequently the statehood bill is found to be unconstitutional and repealed, does the more relaxed gun law in DC get repealed at the same time?

[JSDude1]

Well played Conservatives and Gun Rights Activists!..

[InABunkerUnderSF]

If they can legislate the second amendment away, why not Artical 1, Sections 2 and 3?

After all, whose government do THEY think it is any way.

[Repeal 16-17]

DC is not one of the “several states” - what part of this do they not get???

Since when do Liberals give a damn about the Constitution? Sometimes they use it as a tool, but generally they would just as likely implement their agenda without it.

As for this bill, it's fun to see the Democrats stuck between a rock and a hard place. If it includes the Ensign Amendment, Liberals won't vote for it. If it doesn't include it, Blue Dogs won't vote it. In either case, the bill wouldn't get a majority and so would fail.

Apparently, DC wants to give Eleanor Holmes Norton a promotion, even if it means blatantly violating the Constitution, but not at the cost of obeying the Second Amendment. DC says it wants to be treated as a State, but, unlike any State, it wants to be exempt from having to obey it.

[Delacon]

This whole bill is a dodge. Its unconstiutional on many levels. The dems are playin us.

[beagleone]

Nice imagery comes to mind with the headline, no?

[Snickersnee]

“Members are reacting in knee-jerk fashion to the NRA,” Norton said. “This is Democratic members doing something to kill a basic civil rights bill.”

Here's a hint, Mizz Norton: firearms ownership is a "basic civil right."

[Repeal 16-17]

So if they pass this bill for quasi-statehood for DC - including the gun law that the NRA supports - and subsequently the statehood bill is found to be unconstitutional and repealed, does the more relaxed gun law in DC get repealed at the same time?

No. The Ensign Amendment contains an exemption from the bill's nonseverability clause.

[Jet Jaguar]

BTTT

[ronnyquest]

The Framers did not want the capitol to have the direct ability to influence congress. DC is traditionally democratic, I can’t understand why. Democrats are irked that they aren’t getting their collective way; again.

[Shooter 2.5]

This is one of those times where the NRA has come out ahead by supporting democrat gun rights supporters.

Thanks NRA.

[shoutingandpointing]

Honest, Abe, that was a slam-dunk.

What you just so eloquently stated is exactly what I have been telling, telephoning, writing, and emailing my elected officials for years: “You are not paid to lead me; you are paid to represent me.” These clowns need to be reminded every payday that they are temp workers and we are the Company they work for.