Handgun ban overturned, the left whines about getting back a right
As a follow-up to the story of 9 MAR that the handgun ban in Washington D.C. had been overturned, the reaction from both sides has been fairly predictable. As reported by CNSnews.com:
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruling on Friday “deprives residents of the District the basic right of self-determination in determining their own public safety laws,” said Ladd Everitt, president of the D.C. Chapter of the Million Mom March. “This is ‘judicial activism’ at its absolute worst.”
Hmm, last time I heard someone complain about “judicial activism”, it was a conservative complaining about liberal court decisions. The whining continues…
“Because of illegal gun trafficking, it’s easy now for kids to get their hands on guns in D.C.,” said B.C. Tara Montgomery, chair of the chapter’s Linking With Victims for Change Committee. “Why would we possibly want to make it easier? Haven’t we seen enough violence in this city already?”
Yeah, and this great gun law did soooo much to reduce the crime rate. Actually, it did damn little, and it could be argued had an opposite effect, as the crime rate in D.C. actually climbed for several years after the ban was enacted.
From the opposite side of the political spectrum…
“The reality of gun crime in D.C. is that law-abiding residents of the District are defenseless against street criminals who can easily purchase illegal weapons,” the group noted in a news release of its own.
According to the story, this case is likely to end up in the Supreme Court. Let’s hope those Bush appointees give this one the green light.
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