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THE BATTLE ISN'T OVER
THE BATTLE ISN'T OVER
The Supreme Court's 5 to 4 decision, overturning the Washington D.C. ban on citizens keeping a handgun in the home for self defense, was hailed as a long awaited victory by firearm owners across the nation. Although this is an important and historic decision concerning one aspect of the citizen's Second Amendment rights, there are still other issues to be resolved. This case started when Anthony Heller, a security guard, who lives in a high crime area of Washington D.C. wanted to keep a handgun in his home for self defense. His request was denied and he filed suit against Washington D.C. The case eventually was heard by the Supreme Court of the United States which ruled that Mr. Heller had an unalienable right to keep a handgun in his home for self defense and that the Washington D.C. ban on handguns in the home violated the Second Amendment to the Constitution. The court's ruling also has some serious implications for other cities with similar Orwellian handgun bans, such as New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. The National Rifle Association has indicated that they are considering filing law suits in those cities also. Cathy Lanier, Chief of Police in Washington D.C. was quick to point out that most of the city's handgun ban remains intact. Those wishing to have a handgun in their home for self defense will still have to register the handgun, it must be a revolver, it cannot hold more than 12 rounds and may not be carried outside of the home. Semi-automatic handguns like the police in Washington D.C. carry and many American gun owners prefer, are considered machine guns regardless of the number of rounds they hold and are illegal for citizens to possess in the District of Columbia. This battle has just heated up a little. Don't expect Washington D.C., New York, Chicago or San Francisco to cave in and recognize the citizen's Second Amendment Rights until the Supreme court revisits the issue and clears up all the questions remaining. You would think that with all the writings of the founding Fathers on this issue, there would be no questions or issues left to resolve including carrying a firearm away from home. Thomas Jefferson wrote, "Let your gun therefore, be the constant companion of your walks". Our founding Fathers intent when they included the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights, seems pretty clear to me.
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posted by
MichaelStrickland
on Jun 30, 2008 at 07:44 PM
It is unfortunate that washington DC is such a crime-ridden, drug infested mess. It is yet another example of failed leadership from black politicians. On the municipal level, DC has long been a virtual cesspool of political corruption. For example, DC's crack-smoking mayor Marion Barry, got re-elected. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Barry_Jr If Obama becomes president, which is something I predict will happen, it will be interesting to see what his Supreme Court nominee(s) will do with the issue, and/or what Obama will do about the gun rights issue himself. On the other side of the coin is violence. (Note that I stopped short of calling it "gun-violence"). The number one killer of people like me is: ... another black male. ... not cancer, drug use, heart disease, terrorism or vile white racists. I'm glad that hunters and law abiding citizens can keep their guns. We also need to talk about solutions to the current epidemic of violence in America. posted by
mbogo
on Jul 1, 2008 at 08:37 AM
Michael. It was nice to hear from you. Obama has already gone on record as saying he thinks the D.C, gun ban was constitutional. I have no doubt as to his views on gun control. He has said that in rural areas like we live in, guns in the home are acceptable,but in high crime areas like Washington D.C., New York City, Chicago, and San Francisco where criminals are heavily armed, law abiding citizens gun rights ought to be heavily restricted. This has been my concern about Obama all along. He seems very naive and doesn't seem to understand Constitutional Law. I believe if elected president, he will absolutely destroy international relations that have taken 100 years to develop. Your concerns about the problems that exist in the black community are understandable. I feel the same way whenever a white person commits a violent crime or whenever someone of my religion screws up in some way. If the person is a Mormon, his religion is always mentioned by the press. I guess I feel that somehow it will reflect negatively on the rest of us who are committed to being law abiding. I personally don't have any animosity towards or concerns about different races or religions because the black people and people of other races that I know the best are good people and good friends. I'm sure that my twenty-five years at Texas A&M University and my volunteer service with the College Station, Texas Police Dept. has given me a more positive perspective of the contributions to society of people of various races and creeds. However, my father had a tremendous amount of respect and compassion for everyone and taught his family to admire and support anyone who was trying to do good things. You are quite right. We all need to be involved in trying to find solutions to violence. We will only be successful when we learn to address our problems together instead of pointing the finger of blame at each other.
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