Most gunnies are familiar with Seegars v Ashcroft, a lawsuit filed in the District of Columbia by several plaintiffs seeking to overturn both the general handgun ban and the general ban on possession of firearms in a condition useful for self-defense. The SCOTUS denied cert. Well, meet Seegars:

Crumbling rowhouses, liquor stores, and pockmarked streets highlight the neighborhood where D.C. city official Sandra Seegars lives—but a hand-painted sign near her home boasts, “There have been no murders on this block.”

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Even though no one has ever been murdered while on Miss Seegars’ block, she speaks of burglaries in terms of “the last time someone broke into my house.” Several years ago someone set her car on fire. A prostitute standing on the corner described seeing a man in an orange, hooded shirt set the blaze.

“I think we should have guns at least in our homes and be allowed to have them loaded,” Miss Seegars says—but such comments anger her boss, D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, a pro-gun-control Democrat like almost every other members of the D.C. city council.

And her activism has cost her her job:

The controversy about gun laws is one that top city officials do not want. Late last year Miss Seegars learned that she will not be reappointed for another term. That very day a cabdriver was killed during a robbery. She says, “I really wasn’t too concerned about guns until I was appointed to the taxicab commission. City officials get mad at me for not touting the government line. But just that someone would think about [drivers] enough to say that they should be allowed to arm themselves to defend themselves. That means a lot to them.”

Via David.

Posted in uncategorized on March 29th, 2006 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |