Tue Jun 21, 2016, 11:19 AM

TeddyR (2,493 posts)

"Forget new gun control: Citing Orlando, House may roll back existing D.C. gun laws"

The mayor of the District of Columbia argued last week that assault rifles are “only meant to devastate humans,” and that following the massacre in Orlando, Congress must “finally do something” about guns.

However, it’s safe to say that this is not what Mayor Muriel E. Bowser, a Democrat, had in mind:

As the Senate voted down several gun-control measures Monday evening, House Republicans introduced measures that would effectively wipe out existing gun-control laws in the District, which are among the country’s most restrictive.

So this raises a lot of issues other than just gun control, like the fact that DC's citizens don't get to decide their own laws. Another nugget in bold that I wasn't aware of from the article:

The measures, known as “riders,” are a frequent tool that conservative federal lawmakers use to dictate spending on social and criminal justice programs in the District, where most voters are Democrats. In recent years, the House has voted to keep the area from using its local revenue to fully implement a successful ballot measure to legalize marijuana. The House also perennially uses a rider to block the District from using its tax dollars to subsidize abortions for low-income residents.

The rest is here - https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/forget-new-gun-control-citing-orlando-house-may-roll-back-existing-dc-gun-laws/2016/06/21/c25f8286-3792-11e6-8f7c-d4c723a2becb_story.html

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"Forget new gun control: Citing Orlando, House may roll back existing D.C. gun laws" (Original post)	TeddyR	Jun 2016	OP
naturally.	elleng	Jun 2016	#1
I agree with home rule. The Grand Old Potty does this regularly...	Eleanors38	Jun 2016	#6
Taking to offense to prevent being on the defensive	underpants	Jun 2016	#2
There's already so much blood on the streets of DC!	scscholar	Jun 2016	#3
"More guns will make it worse." Not if they are rifles- they are very rarely used in crime	friendly_iconoclast	Jun 2016	#4
Um, maybe it's time to go after violent offenders in a more consistent manner.	Eleanors38	Jun 2016	#7
I guess local control is only for conservative white communities	bluestateguy	Jun 2016	#5
Oh yeah, local interpretation of enumerated rights is fine when we agree with the interpretation...	friendly_iconoclast	Jun 2016	#8
This sort of thing tends to happen..	virginia mountainman	Jun 2016	#9

Response to TeddyR (Original post)

Tue Jun 21, 2016, 11:30 AM

elleng (103,732 posts)

1. naturally.

is TYRANNY!

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Tue Jun 21, 2016, 02:05 PM

Eleanors38 (18,318 posts)

6. I agree with home rule. The Grand Old Potty does this regularly...

All the more puzzling why D.C. won't go with a reasonable 2nd Amendment stance, when the opposition is knocking its "bloody" teeth down its throat on a regular basis.
After all, Heller was one of its own.

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Tue Jun 21, 2016, 11:49 AM

underpants (159,421 posts)

2. Taking to offense to prevent being on the defensive

and they know that, aside from political wonks like ourselves, no one is paying attention.

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Tue Jun 21, 2016, 11:57 AM

scscholar (2,902 posts)

3. There's already so much blood on the streets of DC!

More guns will make it worse. Make it worse.

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Tue Jun 21, 2016, 12:37 PM

friendly_iconoclast (15,191 posts)

4. "More guns will make it worse." Not if they are rifles- they are very rarely used in crime

But fulminating against them does wonders for politicians who know how to
work the overly credulous...

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Tue Jun 21, 2016, 02:06 PM

Eleanors38 (18,318 posts)

7. Um, maybe it's time to go after violent offenders in a more consistent manner.

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Tue Jun 21, 2016, 01:11 PM

bluestateguy (44,173 posts)

5. I guess local control is only for conservative white communities

Not Flint, not DC.

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Tue Jun 21, 2016, 02:29 PM

friendly_iconoclast (15,191 posts)

8. Oh yeah, local interpretation of enumerated rights is fine when we agree with the interpretation...

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Tue Jun 21, 2016, 03:10 PM

virginia mountainman (5,046 posts)

9. This sort of thing tends to happen..

This just shows how lopsided the power between"gun rights vs gun control" support is. When the "pro" side has much more support, than the "anti" side. Once the "anti" side of anything makes a big fuss, they can expect push back from the "pro" side.

Why are folks surprised, did they not expect consequences from trying to force gun control for a vote?

This should be taken as a word of warning for those that say "repeal the 2nd Amendment" from the bill of rights crowd.. But it won't be, they tend to make the same mistakes over and over and over and over....

Takes a 2/3 vote to do that....Let's call the states together,and SEE if they would repeal, or strengthen the 2nd Amendment.

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