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A Shot in the Arm for the GOP
WP ^ | 18 MARCH 2007 | George F. Will

Posted on 03/18/2007 7:07:40 AM PDT by rdb3

By striking down the District of Columbia's extraordinarily strict gun control law, which essentially bans guns, a federal appeals court may have revived gun control as a political issue. It has been mostly dormant since autumn 2000, when Al Gore decided he was less interested in it than in carrying states such as Michigan and Pennsylvania: "Gore Tables Gun Issue as He Courts Midwest" [New York Times, Sept. 20, 2000]. The appeals court ruling appalls advocates of gun control laws and should alarm the Democratic Party.

The court ruled 2 to 1 that the D.C. law, which allows only current and retired police officers to have handguns in their homes, violates the Constitution's Second Amendment: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: banglist; duncanhunter; giuliani; guns; iiamendment
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We shall see if it is.


1 posted on 03/18/2007 7:07:42 AM PDT by rdb3
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Heck it'd have an impact on the GOP primaries as well.


2 posted on 03/18/2007 7:11:17 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
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...a federal appeals court may have revived gun control as a political issue.

In other words, the press and party bosses are forced to reckon with it yet again.

3 posted on 03/18/2007 7:11:39 AM PDT by James W. Fannin
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What I'm wondering is if all of those who were wrongly prosecuted by D.C. for violating their unconstitutional gun law are going to get fair restitution for the damages they suffered!


4 posted on 03/18/2007 7:13:33 AM PDT by BMIC
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To: rdb3
" It has been mostly dormant since autumn 2000, when Al Gore decided he was less interested in it than in carrying states such as Michigan and Pennsylvania: "Gore Tables Gun Issue as He Courts Midwest" [New York Times, Sept. 20, 2000]."

If that is the case then Al Gore, the NYT, and/or George Will are morons.

Michigan is about as pro-gun as a state could possibly get.
5 posted on 03/18/2007 7:26:10 AM PDT by Beagle8U (FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super Walmart for news .)
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The appeals court ruling appalls advocates of gun control laws and should alarm the Democratic Party ... That is not in the interest of the Democratic Party, which is supported by most ardent supporters of gun control.

Hey Georgie, don't forget gun grabbing 'republican' Rudy Julie-Annie.

This ruling 'prolly' gave him nightmares. Heck he's likely still on heavy doses of Prozac. This naturally goes double Rudy's gun grabbing butt buddy, 'republican', Bloomberg.

6 posted on 03/18/2007 7:26:59 AM PDT by Condor51 (Rudy makes John Kerry look like a Right Wing 'Gun Nut' Extremist)
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To: mainepatsfan

I wonder if there has been any comment on this ruling from Guiliani? He not only thinks that individual citizens shouldn't be allowed firearms, but also thinks that manufacturers should be sued to force them to only produce in quantities required for "sporting purposes and legitimate law enforcement needs". And, of course, he would be the one to decide what those quantities would be.


7 posted on 03/18/2007 7:27:16 AM PDT by Emmett McCarthy
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To: Beagle8U

I think that was his and the Times point. Gore dropped the issue because he feared losing Michigan and Pennsylvania because of it.


8 posted on 03/18/2007 7:29:11 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: Condor51

Mitt Romney joined the NRA last August just to try to get ahead of this issue.


9 posted on 03/18/2007 7:30:59 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
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I read it as they were saying guns shouldn't be an issue because they thought that Michigan was for gun control.
10 posted on 03/18/2007 7:33:28 AM PDT by Beagle8U (FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super Walmart for news .)
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Nah even the Times isn't that out of touch. I remember it got so bad for Gore that unions had to assure their members that he wasn't going to take their guns away.


11 posted on 03/18/2007 7:36:58 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: rdb3

If the Supremes take this on, it will be a huge issue in `08.


12 posted on 03/18/2007 7:37:25 AM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (Life is too short to go through it clenched of sphincter and void of humor - it's okay to laugh.)
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This was a surprise, George Will writing about the Second Amendment without making me cringe. Reading the decision was quite enjoyable.
13 posted on 03/18/2007 7:37:44 AM PDT by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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He wasn't less interested in gun control, he just wasn't interested in harping on it while campaigning there. He's still all for it, as far as I can tell.


14 posted on 03/18/2007 7:38:46 AM PDT by coloradan (Failing to protect the liberties of your enemies establishes precedents that will reach to yourself.)
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To: Emmett McCarthy

Exactly , if Giuliani was elected , one can only imagine who he would pick for AG . Bloomberg perhaps ?


15 posted on 03/18/2007 7:45:45 AM PDT by Neu Pragmatist (LIBERALS : -- ROMNEY DEFEATS THEM -- RUDY EMBRACES THEM !)
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To: mainepatsfan
If you check history you will find that NO candidate has been elected as POTUS that was openly hostile to gun rights.

That includes the RATS. Clinton was reelected after signing the AWB but he was never anti-gun before his first election.

After the RAT slaughter in Congress 1994 they vowed to shut-up about guns. Hillary is on the record now as anti-gun and the only way she could win is if that issue is off the table.
Rudy has a worse record and is the only one she could beat.
16 posted on 03/18/2007 7:50:59 AM PDT by Beagle8U (FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super Walmart for news .)
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To: rdb3

I doubt this decision will hurt the GOP any. It should only embolden 2nd Amendment advocates.


17 posted on 03/18/2007 7:51:13 AM PDT by Firefigher NC
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To: Buckeye Battle Cry

With the current make up of the SCOTUS , i'm not comfortable with the idea of the issue going before them . We really need one or two more Constructionists on that court before it gets heard , if at all .
The way the court has been trying to ride fences in the past few years , I could see a ruling affirming the right , but then also stating that Semi-autos don't fall under said right .


18 posted on 03/18/2007 7:52:43 AM PDT by Neu Pragmatist (LIBERALS : -- ROMNEY DEFEATS THEM -- RUDY EMBRACES THEM !)
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To: Beagle8U

Heck even the lib pols in Maine know not to touch the gun issue.


19 posted on 03/18/2007 7:53:01 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: Neu Pragmatist

Agreed.


20 posted on 03/18/2007 7:54:22 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
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