Countertop emails that the article below says Dick Heller has a .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol. So, even if he brings it back to register, it will be denied. Because semi-automatics are still illegal in DC.
Then he has standing to sue since the handgun is the quintessential self-defense weapon. And the semi-automatic is the quintessential handgun.
Every day, I am thankful that Fenty is a moron. And our side is smart.
Update: Heller 2: The city has rejected me again,
I was my understanding that the court said DC “must allow Heller to register his weapon” and the weapon in question was his .45.
DC residents are not dumb. Why bother, the law will change in 90 days? The ballistic requirement and all the hoops are too much trouble. Those who have guns, the good guys and bad guys, will just keep them in their homes un registered.
There are a lot of decent folks who have handguns for over 30 years in DC. All the elderly may have them since the 1960’s. Others may have been given one or had bought one while a resident in another state.
DC has shown they do not want registered guns and that is what they will get. All those guns in homes will stay unregistered.
IF DC were smart they would have made it easier so they have good records on who has a gun. Now they can languish in ignorance.
DC had a chance to do the right thing. They chose not to in direct violation of a SCOTUS ruling. It is time to USC 242 their asses…
“http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/crim/242fin.htm”
“IF DC were smart they would have made it easier so they have good records on who has a gun. Now they can languish in ignorance.”
D.C. should languish in ignorance. Requiring one to register guns and thus have the government violate “the right to be secure” in one’s self-defesne “effects” is a clear violation of the 4th Amendment…buth then the government violates our rights (politically) left and right.