Parker update...
Appellate Judges Let Gun Ruling Stand - washingtonpost.com
The Federal appeals court for DC declined a request by the city for an en banc hearing. The court voted 6-4 to deny the city's request. The city, predictably, has its collective knickers in a twist. Mayor Fenty expressed a Daschlelian level of rage saying that he's "deeply disappointed". The city's ruling poobahs must decide now if they wish to go "all in" with the US Supreme Court or fold and re-write their laws.
Personally, I think that since their laws are a legislative mistake, a legislative fix is preferable to a judicial fix. Many on our side, however, would like to see a SCOTUS ruling. Would it not have been better to have never been in this situation at all; that legislators at all levels of government would have had such an ingrained respect for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms that laws such as the DC gun ban would never have been passed in the first place? The next best thing to such an alternative history is that lawmakers develop that respect now and start to dismantle their unconstitutional gun laws without a court order. We shall see if DC develops that kind of respect for liberty.
On a related note: This quote from the WaPo story deserves comment...
Wiggum Robinson must not have been paying close attention. The VT massacre took place in a "gun free" zone; like they have in DC. The only ones paying attention to the gun ban were the victims; like it is in DC. What would it have been like at VT if the unarmed victims weren't legally required to be unarmed victims?
...like they are in DC.
The Federal appeals court for DC declined a request by the city for an en banc hearing. The court voted 6-4 to deny the city's request. The city, predictably, has its collective knickers in a twist. Mayor Fenty expressed a Daschlelian level of rage saying that he's "deeply disappointed". The city's ruling poobahs must decide now if they wish to go "all in" with the US Supreme Court or fold and re-write their laws.
Personally, I think that since their laws are a legislative mistake, a legislative fix is preferable to a judicial fix. Many on our side, however, would like to see a SCOTUS ruling. Would it not have been better to have never been in this situation at all; that legislators at all levels of government would have had such an ingrained respect for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms that laws such as the DC gun ban would never have been passed in the first place? The next best thing to such an alternative history is that lawmakers develop that respect now and start to dismantle their unconstitutional gun laws without a court order. We shall see if DC develops that kind of respect for liberty.
On a related note: This quote from the WaPo story deserves comment...
D.C. Assistant Police Chief Winston Robinson Jr. said he's sorry that some residents don't feel safe in their homes without guns but stressed that the recent massacre at Virginia Tech should remind them that guns don't increase safety.Chief"More than likely, that weapon in their home will be used against them," Robinson said. "Just think about what happened recently in Virginia: guns in the hands of people who shouldn't have them."
...like they are in DC.
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