The Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia distributes a pamphlet about the new handgun registration laws passed in the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling. Those pamphlets display the logo of Project ChildSafe, “the Nation’s largest Firearm Safety Education Program,” which is:
. . . a component of the Bush administration’s “Project Safe Neighborhoods” gun violence prevention initiative . . . supported by the firearms industry, U.S. Dept. of Justice (DOJ) grants, and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), administrators of the program.
Project Childsafe has distributed 35 million free gun locking devices to American households, a much-needed service in a country where 3,000 children and teens are killed by handguns every year.
But– as if there were not enough misconceptions about handguns in Washington — the Project ChildSafe logo displayed on the DC government pamphlet depicts a semiautomatic pistol, a type of firearm that civilians are specifically prohibited from owning under DC law. In Washington, revolvers rule.
July 16, 2008 at 4:29 pm
” the Project ChildSafe logo displayed on the DC government pamphlet depicts a semiautomatic pistol, a type of firearm that civilians are specifically prohibited from owning under DC law. In Washington, revolvers rule.”
For now. I’d say the Revolver only restriction will get struck down from the “Common Use” verbage in the Heller ruling.
July 16, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Hey Mike! How’s it going? Let’s see, you have a supreme court decision on firearms and I have… skateboarders. I’m the &)&ch from he-double toothpicks because I asked them to put their trash in a container, park legally and stop breaking into our building!
I’m glad you’re on the national watch. We may wind up near your neck of the woods, my old neighborhood south of the Mason-Dixon Line. Be in touch, D
July 16, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Weer’d Beard: the 12-round rule is in the original District of Columbia gun safety regulations, and has been in place for decades. Licensed private security guards in DC — like Mr. Heller — carry revolvers on the job.
The “revolver rule” was there for Justice Scalia and his colleagues to comment on and they did not. It remains the law of the District of Columbia.
(10) “Machine gun” means any firearm which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily converted or restored to shoot:
(A) Automatically, more than 1 shot by a single function of the trigger;
(B) Semiautomatically, more than 12 shots without manual reloading.
District of Columbia Official Code
DC ST § 7-2501.01 [formerly cited as C ST 1981 § 6-2302]
Don’t like the law of the District of Columbia? You are welcome to move here, establish residency, register to vote, and elect representatives who share you views. Just don’t bring any semiautomatics.
July 17, 2008 at 5:54 am
“Don’t like the law of the District of Columbia? You are welcome to move here, establish residency, register to vote, and elect representatives who share you views. Just don’t bring any semiautomatics.”
I’ve got all too many of them to give up now. No need to appeal to elected officials. You just need to read the Heller Ruling. Semi-autos are in “Common Use” amoung shooters, which means that this rule is likely just as Un-Constitutional as the initial handgun ban.
As for you comment as political action (which I took as dismissive, I hope I was wrong on that) I live in Massachusetts, I have my work cut out for me! Likely the Heller Ruling will be cited in our own lawsuits.
July 17, 2008 at 9:51 am
No need to appeal to elected officials.
Except for this tiresome system we have in this country, Rsentative DemocracyHeard of it?
just need to read the Heller Ruling. Semi-autos are in “Common Use” amoung shooters, which means that this rule is likely just as Un-Constitutional as the initial handgun ban.
The regulation is in plain English in DC code and could have been cited by the SCOTUS ruling. It was not.
I live in Massachusetts, I have my work cut out for me! Likely the Heller Ruling will be cited in our own lawsuits.
You have many laws in Massachusetts that we don’t have here, and vice versa. That is how the system works. You have your gun laws, we have ours.
It is in plain English (see citations in previous entries) and could have been struck from DC law in the SCOTUS ruling. It was not.
July 17, 2008 at 9:54 am
pawsinsd Says: I have… skateboarders.
Look out! They may be armed! I think Justice Scalia skateboards, too.
-ml