National Politics

They begged for it and they got it: Heller sues D.C. again

12:10am Thursday, July 31, 2008
By Tim Inwood In a very foolish move, the City of Washington D.C. has put itself back in the position of being sued by the same man for the same reasons, in just over a month. Dick Heller was victorious on June 26th, when the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the historic judgment striking down the city’s thirty-two year old handgun ban, but in a rather stupid move, the city of Washington D.C...

Bob Barr blasts D.C. for flouting Heller decision on gun control, other Prez candidates for silence on same

12:10am Wednesday, July 30, 2008
In an email addressed "Dear fellow gun owner", Libertarian presidential candidate and NRA Board of Directors member Bob Barr wrote: Just a few weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Washington's gun ban unconstitutional, the city government there is passing new ordinances that might as well be a renewal of the ban as it requires that guns kept there be locked up and/or disassembled. Their new...

Observations from the July OGCA & discussions on Heller

12:05am Wednesday, July 30, 2008
By Tim Inwood The hot steamy weekend of July 19th was the latest gathering of the Ohio Gun Collectors Association. The show was held at Roberts Centre in Wilmington, Ohio and as always it was the place to be for the serious gun enthusiast. It truly is like going to a museum where the artifacts on display, are also for sale. The issue is always how much money you can bring. Some folks do bring...

Breaking News: Heller Files New Gun Case in D.C., Takes Aim at Semiauto Ban

11:48am Tuesday, July 29, 2008
The Washington City Paper is reporting that Dick Anthony Heller, who successfully challenged the District’s handgun ban in a landmark Supreme Court decision, is again suing the District of Columbia. According to a complaint cited by the story, Heller, along with co-plaintiffs Absalom M. Jordan Jr., and Amy McVey, are taking particular aim at the effective ban of semiautomatic pistols by the...

The future of Gun Control, or "It isn’t over till its over"

12:10am Tuesday, July 29, 2008
By Jeff Riley On June 26th, 2008 the Supreme Court of the United States of America announced the long anticipated decision in the District of Columbia vs. Heller. Writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Scalia stated, in part: The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditional lawful purposes, such as...

Washington, D.C. and Mayor Fenty still hate guns

12:05am Tuesday, July 29, 2008
By Brian S. Stewart Mayor Adrian Fenty and the anti-gun elites of Washington D.C. recently unveiled the district’s inevitable response to the historic D.C. v. Heller decision by the United States Supreme Court. The Court struck down the District’s blanket ban on handgun ownership (including inside the home) en route to establishing the Second Amendment as an individual right. On July 14th, the...

D.C. refuses to register Dick Heller's gun and threatens prosecution for semi-auto owners

12:10am Tuesday, July 22, 2008
By Dean Rieck In a brazen show of disrespect for the recent Supreme Court decision, the District of Columbia refused to register Dick Heller's gun when he showed up at police headquarters Thursday morning (July 17, 2008). From USA Today: USA TODAY's Kevin Johnson reports that the District of Columbia refused this morning to register a handgun on behalf of the security guard whose legal challenge...

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