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| Who the hell do these people in DC think they are? |
| 2008-07-17 |
| District residents can start registering their guns today. But at least one very high profile application was already rejected. Dick Heller is the man who brought the lawsuit against the District's 32-year-old ban on handguns. He was among the first in line Thursday morning to apply for a handgun permit. But when he tried to register his semi-automatic weapon, he says he was rejected. He says his gun has seven bullet clip. Heller says the City Council legislation allows weapons with fewer than eleven bullets in the clip. A spokesman for the DC Police says the gun was a bottom-loading weapon, and according to their interpretation, all bottom-loading guns are outlawed because they are grouped with machine guns. Someone needs go to DC and start beating some sense into these assholes. Make them PERSONALLY liable for denying the constitutional and civil rights in defiance of the Supreme Court ruling |
| Posted by:OldSpook |
| #13 You are surprized that DC refused a permit for this guy? He's the guy who caused them all this grief. Heller may have the Supreme Court on his side, but DC has the Democratic Congress on their side. DC is hopeless. Evacuate the area and apply insecticide to entire area. Reinhabit after the smoke clears. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2008-07-17 22:31 |
| #12 If we didn't have a DoJ full of Clintonistas still, a public declaration and impaneling of a grand jury to question the members of the DC government on civil rights violations and conspiracy would get a quick attitude change not requiring years of appeals in fed court on 'procedures'. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-07-17 22:02 |
| #11 typically, your civil-service protection ends at malicious conduct and/or negligence.This meets both. Sue the City, sue the persons responsible and the Mayor/Council members and Police Chief individually, which could affect them personally. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-07-17 21:34 |
| #10 Some irony here. "Bottom Feeding" weapons OUTLAWED by... DC BOTTOM FEEDERS! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-07-17 20:39 |
| #9 Maybe someone needs to show up with a LOADED weapon to get it registered. |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2008-07-17 19:55 |
| #8 ...seven bullet clip Technically, it is a "magazine." Ditto the "bottom loading weapon" comments. I think the article meant to refer to a "bottom feeding" City Council. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-07-17 18:06 |
| #7 Or a p90 (top-fed), a Mosely-Nagant (top or bottom-fed), or how about an M60 (top-fed)? |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2008-07-17 17:33 |
| #6 This can quickly be stopped by getting an injunction from a federal judge preventing its enforcement. But that will most likely not be done, because it needs to be challenged in a low federal court to be definitively killed. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-07-17 16:55 |
| #5 So I can have a British Sten MK II? It feeds from the side. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-07-17 16:51 |
| #4 The idea that a 1911 .45 cannot be owned or carried is just wrong. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2008-07-17 16:43 |
| #3 Hmm. I suppose the military-grade weaponry (for "militia" equippage purposes) would be an argument in favor of the broomhandle Mauser, wouldn't it? Of course, it would also be an argument in favor of assault rifles and military carbines, if not actual crew-serviced weaponry. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2008-07-17 16:43 |
| #2 Exactly OldSpook, lets put their personal assets on the line here and see how they "interpret" the law. I don't know exactly where your legal protection ends as a policeman, but this guy has got to be outside of that. A civil suit, or better yet a class action lawsuit would do wonders to improve their attitudes. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-07-17 16:41 |
| #1 "Bottom-loading"? What the hell is a "bottom-loading" pistol? Do they mean clip-fed? Does this mean that only broomhandle Mausers with their top-fed clips are the only automatic pistols registrable in DC by their interpretation? As far as machine-pistols go, I'd call a broomhandle Mauser *more* military than your typical run of automatics. Especially with the detachable rifle-stock. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2008-07-17 16:41 |