Posted on 03/27/2007 10:31:38 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
And that's the way it is in the wild, wild east?
Not in D.C. besides you cannot carry a gun into any federal building. The law is very clear on this point.
ROTFLMAO. That was just funny!!!!
Who's he protecting himself from - fellow screwball Jim Moran who has already beat his wife, beat an 8-year-old, and threatened to beat another congressman?
And somebody better check that Moran is not carrying a gun also.
This poor sucker Thompson was the klutz that carried Webb's smelly combat boots around all during the campaign so he could put them on at every stop.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1803995/posts
Possibly heading to SCOTUS as far as DC gun ban. Agreed that the aide can't carry in federal building but senators can.
"If you want a nuke and you can afford it, it's up to you. If you want a suface to air missile or a tank and you can afford it, it's up to you.
If you use them, against other human beings, that's against the law."
Well, your interpretation of the 2nd Amendment is certainly absolutist.
I think it turns the Constitution into a suicide pact.
Personal WMD...trucks full of ammonium nitrate...you name it: all protected by the Constitution, until you use them.
There's usually a murder-suicide in every major city every year. Guess that won't happen any more!
My husband Cyber and I met in here also. We'll be married six years in June.
"Yes, we do. We'll finally get a government that we can trust......."
If the Secret Service cannot prevent people from approaching the President with guns, we will go through a lot of Presidents is what will happen.
Anybody who thinks about it knows it.
There have to be limits on weapons, just as on any other right. Any right that is absolutely unlimited will destroy civilization, because any right that is an absolute shield against law will become the shield behind which lawlessness will grow unchecked. Look at how the absolutist idea of "national soveriegnty" has allowed places like Afghanistan, the Sudan, Iran and North Korea grow unchecked into murderous havens of monsters.
NO restrictions on weapons ownership or carrying means cheap WMD and a lot of destruction.
Just how stupid do you have to be to think you can waltz into the capitol building with a firearm and get stopped?
I'm just curious...because I have not heard anyone mention this:
How does someone get a conceal and carry permit for an unregistered weapon? Isn't the permit specific as to the type of weapon allowed if not the specific weapon? Are the CC permits that vague that someone could carry a concealed bazooka (ridiculous example but...) if they so desired. Was this gun a semi-auto or a fully auto? I have to assume one or the other because of the extra clips. How many total rounds was this clown trying to get into the capitol? I certainly don't blame Webb for wanting to protect himself or his family in Virginia or anywhere else he may have to travel (it's a crazy world out there). However, he brings in a loaded weapon and two loaded clips that account for 30 - 45 rounds into the capitol building (one of the most secure areas in DC, besides the White House that is)?? That's some serious firepower! If I were the Capitol Hill Police, I would keep an eye on Webb since he cannot be trusted to even tell the truth about his own weapon. Could it be that he's trying to cover up the fact that he owns an unregistered weapon? There are just too many unanswered questions.
My .02
Check your guns at the door.........
That should have never happened and I hope she wins the Appeal!
Maybe but the thought of Jim Webb with a gun is not going to help the second amendment cause.
I'm a bit confused here. If he didn't give his gun to his aide, is he saying that he doesn't keep a loaded weapon secure?
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