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Heller goes after D.C. once more with feeling
July 30, 2008 | Tagged District of Columbia, Heller, second lawsuit, Supreme Court |
On Monday of this week, Richard Heller and friends went back to court regarding the Masters of Washington, D.C. and their attempt to maintain the spirit of their gun ban after it was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court. David Kopel wrote a concise summary for the Volokh Conspiracy. This new suit includes some of the issues that were discussed in the post on this site, “New D.C. gun regulations seem to flout Supreme Court decision.” (July 17th, 2008) (Category: Courts)
As Kopel points out in his post, in D.C., it is illegal to unlock your gun to clean it. You can only legally remove the lock if you are being attacked and you can convince the burglar, murderer, rapist, etc., to obey the “Time Out Rule” that the District is undoubtedly about to announce. I personally think three minutes should be enough time for people to unlock their firearms. Since most attacks take place in seconds, rather than minutes, it is absolutely critical that D.C. establish and strictly enforce the Time Out Rule suggested here and in the above post.
There is another catch. It is illegal to unlock your gun to practice unlocking your gun, so maybe the District should make felons announce their presence, then wait five minutes before killing, raping, or assaulting homeowners. Since the laws against murder, rape, and burglary haven’t seemed to do much to reduce crime in D.C., I’m not sure we should have much confidence that the “Time Out Rule” will be effective either. But, you know, hope seems to spring eternal in the minds of the D.C. Rulers.
The other alternative that the District might consider is the licensing of felons to rape and kill homeowners and take their possessions. Criminals could kill one or two homeowners a week and have $10,000 worth of loot in possession, or something along those lines. License fees for felons would provide a whole new income stream for the District. We all know that it is more important to keep guns locked up than it is to prevent criminals from victimizing honest citizens. How much should the District charge for a Murder or Burglary License? What is the life of one citizen worth. Apparently not very much in the District…
Oh! Silly me! I keep forgetting that the criminals aren’t obeying the laws now. That’s why Washington, D.C. has one of the highest crime rates in the country. My memory seems to be going. It must be because I’m “bitter” and “clinging” to guns and religion.
The absolute tip top, top notch, ichiban, number one average police response time I ever heard of is about four minutes. How many times could an assailant stab, shoot, or club you in four minutes. Yeah. I did say shoot. Felons in the District don’t obey the gun laws, either.
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[...] Logic, passion, facts, legal authority, or morality won’t necessarily carry the day in a discussion of the individual right to self-defense against crime and tyranny. A case in point is the Heller decision. The United States Supreme Court told the Washington D.C. governing council that their ordinance banning handguns and requiring that all guns be disassembled or locked up was unconstitutional. The D.C. council promptly revised their regulations, lifting the handgun ban, but banning semi-automatic handguns and still requiring that all guns be disassembled or locked up, unless actually being used for self-defense. (Heller has filed another lawsuit.) [...]