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Member Section => Politics & RKBA => Topic started by: ericire12 on May 11, 2009, 02:43:28 PM
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http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/DCs-AG-cites-danger-to-VIPs-if-Congress-axes-citys-gun-laws-44678742.html
D.C.’s AG cites danger to VIPs if Congress axes city’s gun laws
By: Bill Myers
05/10/09 8:00 PM EDT
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D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles said presidential and other motorcades will be exposed to high-powered arms fire if the District’s gun laws are stripped out by Congress.
“The proposed Ensign Amendment, which among other things, would prohibit the District of Columbia from enacting legislation on firearms, would have a serious public safety impact for the entire region,” Nickles wrote in a recent letter to D.C.’s nonvoting congressional delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton.
The amendment was added to D.C.’s voting rights bill earlier this year by Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev. Voting rights advocates were furious by what they called a “poison pill” amendment aimed at undermining efforts to give the District a vote in the House.
Nickles said the bill jeopardizes the safety of D.C.’s dignitaries.
“Government facilities, dignitaries and public servants are prime targets for terrorists, both foreign and domestic,” Nickles’ letter states.
“But in Washington, D.C., the likelihood of attack is higher and the challenges to protecting the city are greater.”
Last year, Nickles spearheaded D.C.’s failed efforts to defend its restrictive gun laws before the U.S. Supreme Court. In a landmark decision in Heller v. D.C., the court ruled that the Second Amendment not only protects a citizen’s right to bear arms, but to use those arms for self-defense. The decision gutted the District’s gun laws and has jeopardized gun laws in other jurisdictions.
The District revamped its laws, but made the registration process arduous.
Gun rights advocates have vowed to challenge D.C.’s new laws and to continue to bring court challenges until the Supreme Court decides the limits of “reasonable regulation” mentioned but not defined in the Heller case.
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"Let them eat cake" says DC AG.
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D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles......can anyone say "Self-righteous, pompous asshat"?
Or, would that be ass-helmet?
Because his head is way too far up his own ass for it to just be considered a 'hat'.
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D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles......can anyone say "Self-righteous, pompous asshat"?
Or, would that be ass-helmet?
Because his head is way too far up his own ass for it to just be considered a 'hat'.
Berka
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Berka
Much better observation...........ankle deep.....
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this guy?
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Government facilities, dignitaries and public servants are prime targets for terrorists, both foreign and domestic,”
Not if they stop trampling on the Bill Of Rights.
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Not if they stop trampling on the Bill Of Rights.
Headshot!
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Not if they stop trampling on the Bill Of Rights.
Beat me to it.
If they conducted themselves in the manner intended by the Constitution we would not have a reason to shoot them. The point this peckerhead is missing is that assassination is less likely than execution by firing squad after a trial by CITIZENS.