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D.C. Officials Weigh Making Semiautomatic Pistols Illegal
FoxNews ^ | Monday, July 07, 2008 | Greg Simmons

Posted on 07/07/2008 10:32:35 AM PDT by Joiseydude

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's repeal of the ban on handguns in Washington, D.C., may be a boon for a segment of the firearms industry whose last major windfall might have been in the heyday of the Dirty Harry movies: those who make and sell revolvers.

The court ruled that a blanket ban on handguns is unconstitutional, but D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and other Washington officials want to keep in place a prohibition on semiautomatic handguns — those in which a bullet clip is inserted into the gun's grip.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: banglist; dc; fenty; heller; secondamendment; shallnotbeinfringed
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To: WayneS
Must be. Call a gunsmith that works on lots of handguns and ask them about blowback and bullet shaving.
61 posted on 07/07/2008 11:39:30 AM PDT by Beagle8U (FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: SpaceBar
"... Freepers already know these things so I’m preaching to the choir."

We now need to move past the preaching and recognize that no term we come up with intended to make firearms less terrifying to the average metrosexual will ever help.

"Self-loading" -- (Oh my GOD! It loads itself!)
"Sidearm" -- (Oh my GOD! Now they're carrying it around in a holster like the Old West!)
"Self-defense" -- (Oh my GOD! How selfish!)
"Concealed carry" -- (Oh my GOD! Just like that hitman I saw on CSI:Miami last night!)
"Autoloader" -- (Oh my GOD! Those are the ones where you file down the firing pin and it goes like a machine gun!)

A well reasoned and rational argument will never beat out Andrew Sorkin's fictional and sensationalist crime dramas on the teevee. The only thing that works is taking someone who fears guns out shooting.

62 posted on 07/07/2008 11:40:26 AM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: Joe 6-pack

I would never surrender my Red 9 Broomhandle. It’s just too cool. With the stock, it even makes a nice little carbine.


63 posted on 07/07/2008 11:40:41 AM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: Joe 6-pack; kbennkc
from the article:

those in which a bullet clip is inserted into the gun's grip.

broomhandles are safe :)
64 posted on 07/07/2008 11:41:33 AM PDT by absolootezer0 ( Detroit: we're so bad, even our mayor is a criminal)
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To: Ramius

No. I think that the argument that we should vote for McCain just because we need a Republican nominating judges is either delusional or plain STUPID.


65 posted on 07/07/2008 11:42:00 AM PDT by Lord_Calvinus
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To: Beagle8U
I agree that they are reliable as far as “going off” but that doesn't mean accurate.

not everyone shoots their revolvers at 100yards. 4" groups at 7 yards is all i need out of a self defense revolver.
66 posted on 07/07/2008 11:44:14 AM PDT by absolootezer0 ( Detroit: we're so bad, even our mayor is a criminal)
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To: absolootezer0

“not everyone shoots their revolvers at 100yards. 4” groups at 7 yards is all i need out of a self defense revolver.”

Not everyone that buys a handgun wants to worry about blowback and bullet shaving.


67 posted on 07/07/2008 11:50:48 AM PDT by Beagle8U (FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: absolootezer0
"...those in which a bullet clip is inserted into the gun's grip."

Ahhh....the old, "grip clip" loophole!

68 posted on 07/07/2008 11:52:46 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: ASA Vet

When it comes to firearms, yes, they are total idiots. They are responsible for so much ignorance and misinformation it’s incredible.


69 posted on 07/07/2008 11:55:31 AM PDT by brushcop (We remember SSG Harrison Brown, PVT Andrew Simmons B CO 2/69 3ID KIA Iraq OIF IV)
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To: wastedyears

The whole thing


70 posted on 07/07/2008 12:01:27 PM PDT by smoketree (the insanity, the lunacy these days)
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To: Lord_Calvinus

Yes, and voting for President Obama is just so... smart.

Oh, I know, you’re just not going to vote. Yippee for you. Maybe we can survive President Obama, but the country will be very different by then. Nationalized medicine! Yay! High taxes! Yay! Terror attacks! Yay! Killing fields in Iraq! Yay!

I wonder what things President Obama will give up in the negotiations with Al Queda? Islam taught in American schools? It’ll keep them safe, right? They’ll drive him around like a rented mule while President Obama goes on TV and begs them not to attack us anymore. I wonder what else they’ll want?


71 posted on 07/07/2008 12:02:52 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: facedown

Why?


72 posted on 07/07/2008 12:07:51 PM PDT by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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To: Beagle8U

rofl. i know i do. got a nice little scar from a .357 i shot out of timing. of course, i don’t expect most people to shoot anywhere near as much as i do either :)


73 posted on 07/07/2008 12:11:47 PM PDT by absolootezer0 ( Detroit: we're so bad, even our mayor is a criminal)
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To: Beagle8U

It’s been my experience (40 years) that it happens to one cylinder not all six.


74 posted on 07/07/2008 12:14:33 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Having custody of a loaded weapon does not arm you. The skill to use the weapon is what arms a man.)
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To: ops33

No magazine, no safety, long hard trigger pull.


75 posted on 07/07/2008 12:14:33 PM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: P8triot1

I prefer my semi-auto Glock 22, more rounds and easier to reload in case my first 15 shots missed.
Regardless, if I am going to a gun fight and I know it, I am taking my HK-91.


76 posted on 07/07/2008 12:17:26 PM PDT by Havok (MOLON LABE!!!!)
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To: absolootezer0
The bad thing about revolvers is that most of them you see that are out of time came thet way from the factory.

When you buy one you are stuck with it unless the factory will make it right. Few gun stores will exchange a gun once it has left the store. So if you get a bad one you are left with the option of shipping it back to the factory and hoping they will correct it.

I have seen many top of the line Smiths and Rugers that were brand new and out of time.

77 posted on 07/07/2008 12:22:10 PM PDT by Beagle8U (FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: oldenuff2no

It’s been the law in Pennsylvania for many decades: no semiautomatic pistol, rifle, or shotgun may be used while hunting. Only revolvers may be carried in the field.

It is therefore indeed possible to ban a class of firearms based upon functionality.

Me, I recently went from a M1911A1 to a Smith & Wesson M1917 in the same .45 ACP. Getting the job done with six instead of seven seems to be the only difference. Plus the utter certainty of something going down range when I pull the trigger of that huge chunk of wheelgun.


78 posted on 07/07/2008 12:26:11 PM PDT by elcid1970 (My cartridges are dipped in pig grease.)
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To: B4Ranch
“It’s been my experience (40 years) that it happens to one cylinder not all six.”

I have seen it in all six, but the point is that a semi-auto will never come with a cyl out of time.

There is just no way that a revolver is more accurate than a semi-auto of equal quality.

79 posted on 07/07/2008 12:35:11 PM PDT by Beagle8U (FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: Ramius
"I see this as the DC politicians trying to stick their finger in Scalia’s eye, even if they know such a law won’t last. For them, it’s personal."

Good! Then any resident of DC can sue them personally for conspiring to violate their civil rights.

Semper Fi
An Old Man

80 posted on 07/07/2008 12:39:15 PM PDT by An Old Man ("The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they suppress." Douglas)
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