DC - Shot down: D.C. residents unable to register handguns

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Shot down: D.C. residents unable to register handguns

Friday - 4/29/2011, 7:37am ET
Mark Segraves (http://www.wtop.com/?nid=635&sid=598706), wtop.com

WASHINGTON - Nearly three years after the United States Supreme Court overturned the D.C. ban on hand guns, residents of the District can no longer register guns in the city.

A temporary, de facto ban is in place because the one man who could facilitate handgun ownership in the nation's capital has stopped taking registration orders.

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http://www.wtop.com/?nid=41&sid=2363345

Steve

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D.C. Council moves to appease gun rights advocates

By: Freeman Klopott (http://washingtonexaminer.com/people/freeman-klopott) 05/03/11 3:45 PM
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The D.C. Council voted to temporarily waive the 10-day waiting period to purchase a gun in the city, a move meant to appease gun rights advocates upset that the lack of a licensed firearm dealer has left D.C residents without a legal means to buy guns.

The District's only federally licensed gun dealer has run into issues with is lease, forcing him to shutter his doors (http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/capital-land/2011/04/no-gunseller-dc-means-no-guns-dc-residents#ixzz1LJx3iqw2). Federal law prohibits guns bought in one state to be taken into another jurisdiction without a licensed dealer playing the role of middleman

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http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/capital-land/2011/05/dc-council-moves-appease-gun-rights-advocates

Steve

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D.C. Police Move Gun Shop Into Their Headquarters, Breaking Law

Written by Beverly K. Eakman
Friday, 22 July 2011 13:55

Just when you think government can’t get any more bizarre, along comes a story that makes you wonder if Larry, Moe, and Curly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Stooges) can be far behind. The following above-the-fold headline appeared in Thursday’s Washington Times print version: “D.C.’s fix: Set up a gun shop with cops.” Somebody must have caught the Freudian slip, as the paper’s online version dispensed with the opening pun (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/20/dcs-fix-set-up-a-gun-shop-in-police-hq/), “D.C.’s fix,” and left it at “D.C. police sets up gun dealer in its headquarters.”

Whether one is for or against so-called gun control, the situation in high-crime District of Columbia is emblematic of the duplicity that surrounds modern-day law enforcement and our constitutional rights.

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http://www.thenewamerican.com/opinion/972-beverly-k-eakman/8309-dc-police-move-gun-shop-into-their-headquarters-breaking-law

Steve