http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/dc/ en-us Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:41:28 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047870/posts WASHINGTON -- Dick Heller, the plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that overturned Washington's strict 32-year-old handgun ban, announced his candidacy on Thursday for the U.S. House of Representatives. Heller, 66, is seeking the seat currently held by Eleanor Holmes Norton. He is gathering signatures to run on the ballot as a libertarian candidate. Heller, an armed security guard, sued the District after it rejected his application to keep a handgun at his home for protection in the same Capitol Hill neighborhood as the court. "Mr. Heller's challenge to Ms. Norton is welcomed in the spirit of debate, and as... nbc4.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047870/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:41:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047856/posts It shouldn't have come as a surprise that the District of Columbia can and will continue to all but completely disarm its law-abiding citizens after the Supreme Court ruled otherwise. After all, this is the same D.C. that was home to the most restrictive firearms laws in the country - until the Court struck them down. The same D.C. that banned the law-abiding citizens from possessing any handgun. The same D.C. that forced its law-abiding citizens to keep the few firearms they could possess both unloaded and disassembled or locked at all times. And the same D.C. that has disarmed... Center for Individual Freedom http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047856/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:53:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047606/posts [...] But we're burying the real news here. It seems that Heller may not have brought his gun with him to register, but he was armed with a load of candidate petitions, Duggan said. Seems that Heller is planning to run for the House seat currently held by Eleanor Holmes Norton. Heller is seeking signatures to be on the ballot as a libertarian candidate. A man identifiying himself as J. Bradley Jansen, who said he was Heller's campaign manager, said Heller must get 3,000 signatures and has until the end of August to collect them. The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047606/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:13:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047455/posts Mayor Adrian Fenty and his feisty attorney general, Peter Nickles, stood on the steps of the Wilson Building this week ostensibly to announce how the District will comply with the Supreme Court's rejection of Washington's ban on handguns. But really, they were delivering very much the opposite message: With only the narrowest of exceptions, we're sticking with our gun ban. Don't like it? Sue us. The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047455/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:12:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047113/posts The Supreme Court may have confirmed that Americans have the right to own guns for protection, but the gun debate is hardly over. The District of Columbia, whose handgun ban was struck down by the Supreme Court, is still planning on banning most handguns. And the court decision has spurred the media into overdrive to paint guns as dangerous to their owners. No one who has taken even a quick glance at the crime data can seriously argue that the D.C. gun ban lowered murder or violent crime rates. The concerns being raised are not the threat from criminals, but... foxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047113/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:38:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046970/posts WASHINGTON -- The plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that overturned Washington's strict 32-year-old handgun ban was among the first people to arrive at police headquarters to try to register his firearm. Dick Heller showed up early Thursday, the first day that the city began registering residents for handguns, but he did not get to complete the registration process. That's because he did not bring the firearm that he wanted to register with him, News4's Megan McGrath reported. Heller has been keeping his gun in Maryland and does not believe the amnesty program for people who have kept guns in... WRC-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046970/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:41:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046956/posts Heller attempted to register a semi-auto. Turned down. Source not able to be posted here (Gannett) Me - Vanity, Sorry Mods http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046956/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:20:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046229/posts District of Columbia v. Heller was historic, the first Supreme Court decision to clearly hold that the Second Amendment right to arms was an individual one not linked to militia service. But it was historic for another reason: the sheer number of mistakes made in the dissenters' opinions. Given that all four dissenters co-signed the Stevens and Breyer dissenting opinions, this means that the mistakes must have escaped, not only four members of the highest court in the land, but their sixteen research clerks! Case in point: Justice Stevens' dissent claims that he holds true to the Court's earlier, 1939,... GOPusa http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046229/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:30:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045879/posts The fallacy of gun registration By Charles Bloomer web posted July 14, 2008 One of the gun grabbers' favorite "common sense" gun control measures is gun registration. As with other gun control schemes, the anti-gun crowd never considers whether or not the particular "common sense" law actually does anything constructive. In actuality, the "common sense" gun laws are grossly deficient in common sense. Last week on WTOP radio's "Ask the Chief" program, Washington, DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier inadvertently admitted that the District's gun registration program was a failure. According to the Chief, "Honestly, there are thousands of handguns that... Enter Stage Right http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045879/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:16:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2045735/posts We may be able to measure the life of the District of Columbia's newly proposed handgun law with a stopwatch. Unveiled today by Mayor Adrian Fenty and D.C. Council members, this measure is lawsuit bait that makes a mockery of the Supreme Court's landmark District of Columbia v. Heller (PDF file) on June 26 by imposing maximum inconvenience on law-abiding D.C. residents who want to own firearms. In striking down the District's previous handgun ban, the Court ruled that "the District's ban on handgun possession in the home violates the Second Amendment, as does its prohibition against rendering any lawful... Capital Research Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2045735/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:34:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045712/posts WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia Council planned to vote Tuesday on emergency legislation to allow handguns, but only if they are used for self-defense in the home and carry fewer than 12 rounds of ammunition. (snip) The nation's capital would still require all legal firearms — including handguns, rifles and shotguns — to be kept in the home unloaded and disassembled, or equipped with trigger locks. FOXNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045712/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:48:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045475/posts District residents will be able to keep a handgun in the home for self-defense but that right would be limited to the home and not outside it, city leaders said today, announcing new gun regulations in response to the Supreme Court's recent ruling striking down the city's handgun ban. Gun owners will have to pass vision and written tests, provide a photo with their application to register a gun, and submit their weapon for ballistics testing. Guns will also still require trigger locks. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) and interim Attorney General Peter J. Nickles announced the regulations alongside D.C.... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045475/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:09:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044683/posts -snip- The Chandra Levy case is the most famous unsolved murder in modern Washington, a mystery involving sex, power and secrets. At its center is a vivacious young intern who had crossed paths with a handsome, married congressman. The story triggered months of feverish worldwide media attention in 2001, before the Sept. 11 attacks shoved it aside and the investigation stalled. The Washington Post spent a year reconstructing the disappearance of Chandra Levy and the investigation into her death. Reporters interviewed police officials, investigators and suspects, many for the first time, and obtained details about dozens of previously unknown private... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044683/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:50:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044573/posts Local toll road activist Terri Hall, the Spring Branch home schooling mom who's campaign against toll roads made her WOAI's San Antonian of the Year for 2007,. is taking her populist campaign nationwide. Hall is among the speakers for Saturday's 'Freedom March,' in Washington DC, organized by supporters of former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, and designed to keep alive his message of smaller government and vigilance against encroaching government power. "They wanted someone to speak about the Trans Texas Corridor, and what's happening here, and the eminent domain abuses, and how all these toll roads are tied to corporate... WOAI radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044573/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:28:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043865/posts WASHINGTON - The question isn't whether you'll be able to get a District permit to own a handgun. The question is: Will you be able to get a gun? District residents will be able to start applying for permits to keep a handgun in the home as early as July 17, according to the District's acting Attorney General Peter Nickles. But until a gun store opens in the city, anyone who wants to buy a gun is going to have a tough time. Since there are no gun stores in the District of Columbia, residents wishing to own a gun... WTOPNEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043865/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:45:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042488/posts WASHINGTON - As the District prepares to begin accepting applications for handgun permits, police are having a tough time finding tens of thousands of handguns already registered in the city. "Honestly, there are thousands of handguns that were registered in the city and I don't know whether those handguns are still in the city," says D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier. About 41,000 handguns are already registered in D.C., and more than 36,000 of those guns are owned by residents who registered prior to the 1976 ban. On WTOP's Ask the Chief program, Lanier says police don't know where the 36,000... WTOP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042488/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 18:04:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041926/posts 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. FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041926/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 17:32:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042039/posts 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. Such a ban would continue to outlaw 9-mm and other popular... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042039/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 21:28:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041268/posts I read an article in the LA Times today about the difficulty of Washington, D.C. residents obtaining firearms (Guns still elusive for D.C. residents). There were at least two major errors in the story, which is not unusual for an LA Times article that has anything to do with guns. First, the article claims that there is a Federal law that prevents the transportation of guns across state lines “the federal ban on the transport of firearms across state lines”. There is no such ban. In fact, federal law *guarantees* that people can transport firearms across state lines, in the... Marktwain http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041268/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 23:39:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039692/posts Several Prince George's County correctional officers who had access to a 19-year-old inmate found strangled in solitary confinement Sunday have initially declined to speak to investigators of the slaying, a source familiar with the interrogations said. The Maryland State Police and federal agents were investigating the death of Ronnie L. White, who was killed less than 36 hours after he was booked into the county correctional center on first-degree murder charges in the hit-and-run death Friday of county police Cpl. Richard S. Findley. It wasn't clear why the correctional officers reportedly declined to answer questions. Sgt. Curtis Knowles, president of... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039692/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 13:07:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039249/posts Apparently, some District residents aren't waiting on the District Council and the Fenty administration to work out the specifics of how to modify the gun ban to comply to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week. Gun shops in Maryland and Virginia suburbs told The Washington Post's Allison Klein that they've gotten a number of inquiries from D.C. residents trying to buy hardware. See the article here: The Washington Post: Gun Shops Await New D.C. Rules. The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039249/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 16:52:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039248/posts Council member Phil Mendelson (D-At Large) has decided to introduce legislation tomorrow that will address the Supreme Court ruling on the city's gun ban. The bill would repeal the prohibition on handguns. He made the announcement at the council's news briefing held in preparation for tomorrow's meeting. It would still require that a firearm be disassembled, unloaded and trigger-locked in the home but would tweak the current law to allow an exception for self-defense. A draft of the bill will not be available until this afternoon, he said. Mendelson said he would still wait until the fall to introduce more... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039248/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 16:51:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038291/posts DC Has now issued revised firearms registration rules and proceedures following the DC vs. Heller SCOTUS decision Wash DC Metro Police Department http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038291/posts#comment Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:16:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037211/posts Go to minute 2:40 through 4:59 on the link above. She also said that thugs "will have a jump on you". D.C. delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton's comments are absurd and idiotic. Actually, "idiotic" is putting it mildly. This is an interview she did last evening with 630 WMAL, Washington, D.C. Grandy & Andy Morning Show, WMAL, DC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037211/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:42:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037120/posts (Washington, DC) -- Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, Interim Attorney General Peter Nickles and Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier announced their disappointment in today’s ruling of the United States Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Heller, in which the Court ruled that District of Columbia statutes banning private handgun possession at home and requiring safe storage of firearms at home violate the Second Amendment. “I’m disappointed in the Court’s ruling and believe introducing more handguns into the District will mean more handgun violence,” said Mayor Fenty. “But I want to emphasize that at this moment, our gun laws remain in... Office of the Mayor, Washington, DC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037120/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:17:06 GMT