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Here is a great post from Snowflakes in Hell, that pretty much says it all about the Mary McFate incident.
Bryan Miller seems to be taking the Mary McFate thing pretty hard. I can’t really blame the anti-gun folks who feel betrayed. I mean, imagine if you found out SayUncle was really a mole for Sarah Brady. But none of us are really pissed at NRA over the whole “spy” incident, and it has nothing to do with wanting to preserve gun industry profits. I worry about gun industry profits when I’m going to buy a new gun, not when I’m wearing my activist hat.
No, this is about preserving our Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Are any tactics too despicable to prevent someone from undermining the very basis of natural and civic rights of the American people? Would it be wrong to try to gain insider knowledge on a group of people who were intent on silencing newspapers, and ending all publishing in the United States? What Bryan doesn’t understand, or perhaps he does understand and merely doesn’t want to acknowledge, is that we hold the Second Amendment right up there with the First in importance for maintaining a just and free society. We demand the Second Amendment be respected. We’re quite serious about it. Serious enough that we’ll condone our own advocacy groups doing opposition research, even if it means being a little underhanded. If that makes you upset, if that makes you paranoid, that’s not my problem. My problem is the fact that you want to trash the Bill of Rights.
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NRA-ILA Site Updates
Seattle`s proposed gun-free zone
Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels recently proposed a gun ban on city of Seattle property, which we wrote about here. The decision was especially puzzling because of the monumental ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court in D.C. v. Heller, where the Court said the Second Amendment protects an individual`s right to bear arms — it`s not an antiquated right preserved only for militia men.
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After reading this update from NRA-ILA Site Updates I am wondering why we need a House Resolution to enforce the intentions of the Supreme Court. For years we have heard about the judicial precedence and how the court’s rulings revise laws (aka Legislating from the Bench). Why then must we pass a law when the highest court in the land has made a decision?
Revised “District of Columbia Personal Protection Act” Introduced
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This legislation (H.R. 6691) is necessary to enforce the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, by repealing the District’s recently enacted unconstitutional restrictions on its residents’ right to keep and bear arms.
1. Repeal D.C. Ban on Semiautomatic Pistols
In Heller, the Court held that “Handguns are the most popular weapon chosen by Americans for self-defense in the home, and a complete prohibition of their use is invalid”. Semiautomatic pistols are the most commonly owned handguns in the United States (75 percent of the handguns sold in the past 20 years are semiautomatics), and are therefore “the most popular weapon chosen by Americans for self-defense in the home”. The new D.C. City Council ordinance continues the 30-year old ban on semiautomatic pistols, which clearly violates the Heller decision. This bill repeals D.C.’s ban on semiautomatic pistols in order to comply with Heller.
2. Restore Right of Self-Defense in the Home
In Heller, the Court held that “the requirement that any lawful firearm in the home be disassembled or bound by a trigger lock makes it impossible for citizens to use arms for the core lawful purpose of self-defense and is therefore unconstitutional.” The D.C. ordinance provides that trigger locks may only be removed and firearms made operable if there is an “immediate” threat of danger. Once a threat is “immediate”, however, there is no time to remove a trigger lock or assemble a firearm. This clearly violates the Heller decision. This bill repeals D.C.’s requirement that firearms be disassembled or secured with a trigger lock in the home.
3. Repeal Registration Requirement
The D.C. ordinance maintains an extremely burdensome registration process for handguns and ammunition, requiring: multiple visits to police headquarters; ballistics testing; passing a written test on D.C. gun laws; fingerprinting; and limiting registration to one handgun per 90 days. Each of these must be met before D.C. residents are allowed to legally own a handgun. This bill repeals the current D.C. registration system, which is unduly burdensome and serves as a vehicle for even more onerous restrictions.
4. Allow D.C. Residents to Purchase Handguns
Federal law prohibits the purchase of a handgun outside of a person’s state of residence. There are currently no firearms dealers in the District of Columbia, nor are there likely to be in the near future. Therefore, D.C. residents are allowed under the Heller decision to possess handguns, but are prohibited by federal law from purchasing handguns. This bill creates an exemption to the federal ban on interstate handgun sales by allowing D.C. residents to purchase handguns in Virginia and Maryland. |
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Here is a great post from Snowflakes in Hell
Firearms
NRA Statement on New DC Gun Bill
As a follow up to the news that NRA managed to hammer out a deal with Congress to stop the gun registration shenanigans by Mayor Fenty and the DC Council, they have a released this statement:
Today, in a bi-partisan effort, Congressman Travis Childers, Congressmen John Dingell, John Tanner, Mike Ross and Mark Souder, along with 47 of their colleagues, introduced the Second Amendment Enforcement Act. This critical legislation overturns D.C.’s recently enacted emergency laws that continue to defy the recent Supreme Court ruling by continuing to restrict District of Columbia residents’ right to self-defense. This National Rifle Association-backed bill is needed to enforce the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in District of Columbia v. Heller.
On June 26, the U. S. Supreme Court held in District of Columbia v. Heller that “the District’s ban on handgun possession in the home violates the Second Amendment, as does its prohibition against rendering any lawful firearm in the home operable for the purpose of immediate self-defense.” The Supreme Court clearly stated that handguns are constitutionally-protected arms because they are commonly used, are typically possessed by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes, are considered by the American people to be the quintessential self-defense weapon, are the most popular weapon chosen by Americans for self-defense in the home and are the most preferred firearm in the nation to keep and use for protection of home and family.
The Second Amendment Enforcement Act will:
* Repeal the District’s ban on semi-automatic handguns. Semi-automatic pistols have been the most commonly purchased handguns in the United States over the last 20 years, and therefore a ban on those firearms is unconstitutional as decided by Heller;
* Restore the right of self-defense by repealing the requirement that firearms be disassembled or secured with a trigger lock in the home;
* Repeal the current D.C. registration system that requires multiple visits to police headquarters; ballistics testing; passing a written test on D.C. gun laws; fingerprinting; and limiting registration to one handgun per 90 days. The current system is unduly burdensome and serves as a vehicle for even more onerous restrictions; and
* Create a limited exemption to the federal ban on interstate handgun sales by allowing D.C. residents to purchase handguns in Virginia and Maryland. Currently there are no firearms dealers in the District of Columbia, and the federal ban prohibits residents from purchasing handguns outside of the District; therefore, District residents have no means of purchasing handguns.
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I go by many titles from daddy, to hey you…I could best be described as a Christian, gun toting, husband and father of two, who enjoys shooting sports and advocating gun rights for all law abiding citizens.
When formulating posts or determining content, I adhere to the following ground rules:
- God exists (יהוה) and is the basis for absolute truth, morality and ethics.
- The Constitution of the Untied States is the supreme law of the land, over and above the President, Congress, or Supreme Court.
- The Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution grants an individual right.
- Posts are based on truthful facts, not conjecture, or half-truths.
- Allah is the figment of someones imagination, and therefore does not exist.
- Muslim extremists are terrorists in most cases (I call them like I see them, based on their actions).
- Illegal aliens are not undocumented works, they are criminals breaking current U.S. laws
Glossary of terms used in posts:
Assault Weapon: Technically there is no such thing as an assault weapon, it is merely a political term.
Assault Rifle: A fully automatic rifle (i.e. one pull of the trigger discharges several bullets). These are regulated by the National Firearms Act of 1934 and BATFE. No assault rifles have been manufactured for non-military or non-law enforcement sales since 1986.
Machine Gun: A fully automatic rifle, or pistol. These are regulated by the National Firearms Act of 1934 and BATFE. No machine guns have been manufactured for non-military or non-law enforcement sales since 1986.
Semi Automatic: A semi automatic pistol or rifle is one that fires one round each time the trigger is depressed. Not to be confused with fully automatic where several rounds are fired each time the trigger is depressed.
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