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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks, Scalia.

Republicans blocked the gun control laws that we want — that DC citizens want.

Listening to Warren Burger, Nixon’s extremely conservative Chief Justice, is informative:
“The Gun Lobby’s (Federalist Society’s) interpretation of the Second Amendment is one of the greatest pieces of fraud, I repeat the word fraud, on the American People by special interest groups that I have ever seen in my lifetime. The real purpose of the Second Amendment was to ensure that state armies – the militia – would be maintained for the defense of the state. The very language of the Second Amendment refutes any argument that it was intended to guarantee every citizen an unfettered right to any kind of weapon he or she desires.” – Warren Burger, Conservative Supreme Court Chief Justice.

Lots of issues are at play, but guns are probably the biggest issue.

RIP to the child. And let’s all fight to have stronger gun control laws. Since DC already voted overwhelmingly for those laws, let’s fight the Fed Soc.[/quote]

Which laws is it that DC is not being allowed to have. You may not have noticed, but firearm laws in the District of Columbia are among the most restrictive in the country. Indeed, at least the following are in effect in DC:

1. All firearms must be registered. 
2. Unlawful to possess unregistered firearm. 
3. Unlawful to possess ammunition without registered firearm. 
4. Lengthy list of banned long guns by name and/or characteristics. 
5. Specified list of handguns allowed -- no "Saturday Night Specials."
6. Unlawful to carry firearm openly. 
7. Unlawful to carry pistol without a license.
8. Training with actual target exam required for license. 
9. Places where licensed pistol can be carried highly restricted. 
10. Ammunition carried with licensed pistol extremely limited. 
11. No open or vehicular long gun carry. 
12. No possession of firearms or ammunition by minors, prohibited persons (felons, drug users, violent mentally ill).
13. No private sale of firearms.
14. Prepurchase safety training. 
15. Background check on all purchases. 
16. Longstanding (at least the 1970's) limit to 10 round magazine capacity. 
17. Negligent firearm use unlawful 
18. Criminal firearm use unlawful. 
19. Use of firearm in crime of violence, drug crime, etc., unlawful.

How many of these laws do you suppose the person(s) involved in this shooting violated?  To make it easier, how about guessing how many they COMPLIED with?

There are plenty of laws. What there is not is any appetite to enforce them. Why aren’t felons in possession of firearms not being sent away for five years?  Why aren’t people doing at least a year or two for carrying guns without a permit?  Why are the cases bargained to nothing and the slam-dunk convictions being foregone?  Why are people charged with gun crimes and/or crimes of violence being held until trial instead of being released?

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