Ravenwood - 06/27/08 06:00 AM
Bitter notes that D.C. wants to adopt Jim Crow laws. The Washington Post provides insight into the D.C. Attorney General's plan for legal gun ownership in D.C.:
Among the likely regulations: Gun owners would have to be 21 or older (*) and could not have been convicted of a felony or any weapon-related charge or have been in a mental hospital for the past five years. Registrants also will be finger-printed and required to pass a written test to be sure they understand the city's gun laws, Nickles said.That's right, a written test for exercising your Constitutional rights... in an area filled mostly with black people. Why does that ring a bell?At least initially, he added, residents would be limited to one handgun apiece. The city will set up a hotline for firearm registrations.
Just wondering-does any body expect The District to actually issue a business license to a firearm dealer? I don't think Fenty will allow a gunshop to operate within the city if he has any means to block it. It will be a long, long time before anybody can actually purchase a handgun in D.C.
Posted by: Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner at June 28, 2008 9:37 PMI presume you mean "legally" purchase a handgun in D.C.
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Ahem. 'Zackly.
Posted by: Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner at June 28, 2008 11:08 PMThis is what they call reasonable restrictions/regulations. There is no such thing as a reasonable restriction on a god-given right.
And to be fingerprinted like a criminal. I guess its common-place, but it really makes me angry.
Posted by: BWM at June 29, 2008 8:14 PMDon't forget, it cannot be an autoloader, either. Sounds like they'll be limited to revolvers or single-shot models.
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