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Democrats are just too
cute for words sometimes. I mean all the time. Take for example
the court decision mandating DC's ruling Democrats must comply
with the Second Amendment and allow gun ownership. The city
complied by issuing a lone gun dealer license to one Mr. Charles
Sykes. He opened shop but somehow almost immediately lost his
lease. From the WaTimes,
the story of the ensuing hilarity.
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Federal law
prohibits the sale of handguns across state lines. The state in which a
gun is bought must transfer it to the federal firearms licensee in the
purchaser’s state.
Without a federal firearms licensee, the city runs the risk of flouting
the landmark 2008 U.S. Supreme Court decision in District of Columbia
v. Heller, which ruled that the city’s long-standing ban on handguns
was illegal.
In fact a lawsuit had been filed citing that very flouting
But D.C. law prevents firearms dealers from opening shop within 300
feet of a residence, school, playground, public library, place of
worship, or places with breathable air so, by golly, there was no
place for Sykes to conduct business.
Faced with that lawsuit, the city decided to allow Mr. Sykes to open
shop. In Police headquarters.
A federal judge for the Eastern District of Virginia on Friday
dismissed the lawsuit filed by three individuals and the Second
Amendment Foundation, citing the efforts to accommodate Mr. Sykes and
preliminary signs that he would accept the offer. |
This from the people who claim any requirement that voters produce
identification is too intimidating. A cuteness too far. 
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Why doesn't the NRA open a gun store in their headquarters building. It's right downtown DC. Then dare the DC government to do anything about it!
ReplyDeleteIf it's not within 300 feet of a residence, school, playground, public library, place of worship - great idea. Write them.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is transferring the weapon to a DC resident, which can't be done. The NRA or anyone else in Virginia can sell someone the weapon, but it must be picked up through an FFL holder IN DC.
ReplyDelete"But D.C. law prevents firearms dealers from opening shop within 300 feet of a residence, school, playground, public library, place of worship, or places with breathable air so, by golly, there was no place for Sykes to conduct business."
Bars, liquor stores and porn shops have fewer restrictions.
Anon, sadly NRA HQ is in Fairfax, VA, a suburb of DC.
ReplyDeleteThe restrictions are sensible. Just like the ones on abortions.
ReplyDeleteTim
Abortion does not have an enumerated right in the Bill of Rights, Tim. Nor is it even mentioned in the constitution.
ReplyDeleteTherefor abortion is a state regulated matter.