Posted on 09/10/2007 5:14:09 PM PDT by neverdem
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
It is ludicrous for D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and Attorney General Linda Singer to defend the District's draconian handgun ban as having "saved countless lives" ["Fighting for Our Handgun Ban," op-ed, Sept. 4].
Year in and year out, the District ranks at or near the top among the U.S. cities with the highest murder rates.
By denying law-abiding D.C. residents the right to own and keep firearms in their homes for self-defense (currently, rifles and shotguns may be owned but must be stored inoperable and thus are useless for self-defense), D.C. residents have been rendered defenseless against violent criminals who flout not only the District's handgun ban but the gun laws of neighboring states and existing federal law on firearms.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
If something is being banned, it’s a good bet it doesn’t protect the public.
They like to print NRA letters and Firearms industry letters. It helps give impression that it is “gun industry” behind move to reform gun laws.
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