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U.S. Senate Votes to Uphold Second Amendment in Washington, D.C.
« on: February 27, 2009, 07:33:58 PM »
U.S. Senate Votes to Uphold
Second Amendment in Washington, D.C.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Fairfax, Va. - The United States Senate has voted, with overwhelming bipartisan support, to adopt an amendment offered by Senator John Ensign (R-NV) that seeks to protect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens in the District of Columbia. The amendment, attached to S.160, the D.C. Voting Rights Act, will repeal restrictive gun control laws passed by the District of Columbia's (D.C.) city council after the landmark D.C. v. Heller Supreme Court decision. The vote margin was 62-36.

"Today's vote brings us one step closer to restoring the Second Amendment freedom of law-abiding D.C. residents," said NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox. "It's ludicrous that good people in our nation's capital continue to be harassed as they try to defend themselves and their loved ones in their own homes. This vote reinforces the historic Heller ruling."

After the Heller ruling, the D.C. city council passed a law requiring would-be gun owners to pay a registration fee, pass a 20-question multiple choice test, take a five-hour training course, undergo an invasive background check every six years, re-register any firearm every three years, and finally, submit all handguns for ballistics testing. Current D.C. law also bans an overwhelming majority of firearms commonly used for self-defense. This Ensign Amendment would also remedy that unjust practice.

"NRA would like to thank the lead sponsor, Sen. John Ensign for his efforts to reform D.C.'s gun laws and enable folks to protect their property and their loved ones," concluded Cox. "It's time for leaders in Washington to wake up to the fact that the Supreme Court decision is now the law of the land."

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Re: U.S. Senate Votes to Uphold Second Amendment in Washington, D.C.
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2009, 01:25:52 AM »
DC, which has outlawed guns has one of the highest murder rates in the nation. So, hows that been working out for ya.  I read an article recently that tried to demonize interstate guns sales by giving the statistics of out of state guns used in DC crimes. I do not remember the number but it was partiulcarly high.  What they mentioned in the last paragraph is that DC had only one licensed gun dealer and absolutely NO GUN STORES.  So of course, they were all out of state guns.  Well, duh...

Anyway, once the guns start selling it will be interesting to see if the crime rate goes down.  I grew up in the DC suburbs.  Those poor people in the city are living in a war zone.  Ted Nugent said it best.  "If guns cause crime...mine are defective."

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