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Future of State Gun Laws in the Hands of D.C.'s Mayor?
Last week, I wrote that the case, Parker v. District of Columbia, which repealed D.C.'s gun ban, is likely headed to the Supreme Court. The district's federal circuit court, which ruled in favor of Parker in March, denied D.C.'s request for review before the court's full panel of judges. (The case was originally heard before a three-judge panel.) The court's decision brought the case one step closer to a Supreme Court hearing. Parker marks the first time that a broad interpretation of the second amendment has been used to overturn a state's gun regulations. If the case is upheld before the high court, state gun laws across the nation could be in jeopardy.
Today, in an Op-ed in The Hill, Robert Levy, the man who wielded the second amendment, illuminates an interesting twist in the potential fate of Parker. Levy writes:
Washington, D.C., Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) has the Second Amendment in his crosshairs. He faces a crucial choice over the next 90 days with major implications for residents in D.C. and across the country.
The crucial decision -- should Fenty fight the case and risk a victory for Parker before the Supreme Court, which would have far-reaching implications for state gun laws across the nation, or change the District's gun laws, avoid a Supreme court battle, and face the music at home? Mayor Fenty will likely not be making this decision on his own. Anti-gun groups across the nation will urge Fenty not to appeal to the Supreme Court, while his constituents will push for the opposite. D.C.'s mayor is left to decide whether he acts to serve the interests of his citizens or those of the nation. I don't envy him.
As I see it, should the anti-gun groups have their way with the DC case, they will only delay the issue coming before the Supremes.
Let's see..., anti-gun groups urge the mayor not to take the legality of the DC gun ban before the Supreme Court...
What could that mean?
Anti-gun groups don't want to have to face up to whether the 2nd Amendment protects an INDIVIDUAL Right as the rest of the Bill of Rights does? Put their cards on the table, and find out if the Bill of Rights protects us from government excess..., In MOST Cases, but once in a while grants a power to government entities..? [snicker]
Could Hitler dance? Could he! Of course the Furher could dance! He was an incredibley gifted dancer, and to see him swoop and glide around the grand ballrooms of Europe was like living a dream!
The music would begin, and our Furher would step, glide, and whirl, then make a little leap, and click his heels so crisply! Gravity could not constrain him! He moved like an enchanted zephyr, seeming to float above the polished floor! Women swooned at the sight, and the men could but try to conceal their chagrinned envy! Such was the perfection of his expression that the music seemed to flow from him, and not from the orchestra! Such grace! Such perfection of expression and such precision of terpsichoric synchronicity! Hubert, Bertie and I were simply spellbound every time our Furher took to the floor, as indeed was all of Europe!
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It is so sad that the tumult of the times never allowed our Furher to devote his tremendous talent and insight to the art of figure skating. I am near to tears each time I think of what might have been had not the vexing Jewish question, compounded by England's belligerence, demanded so much of our selflessly devoted Furher's time and attention!
But Churchill would not cease his bellicose ravings, and of course, the Jews and the homosexuals were simply bleeding the Fatherland white, so Hitler, being uniquely qualified among all the German Folk, was driven by none other than Destiny herself to take command of the world and to implement the mighty task of setting everything right again. So the Fatherland lost a great artist, but gained a great Furher! SEIG HEIL! SEIG HEIL!
Adolph: Mr. Churchill, I believe you are intoxicated.
Winston: Adolph, you are correct, I am intoxicated. But tomorrow I will wake up sober and in charge of this Great Britain, whereas you will not wake up at all, being not only a syphlitic monstrosity, but also a dead syphlitic monstrosity who only succeded in anihilating his own miserable nation.
[Sounds like a no-brainer. After all, the city has nothing to lose. If the Supreme Court overrules the appellate court, the mayor will be off the hook....
On the other hand, if the Supreme Court affirms the lower court decision, D.C. will be no worse off than it would have been if it hadn't asked for review....
For the mayor, it's a no-lose proposition. Either he wins at the Supreme Court or he faces the same music that he'd face without court review.]
From "The Hill" article, mentioned in the above blog.
Solid logic there.
And isn't it DC's mayor's job to plead DC's case? To support it's cause before the Supremes if necessary, without worrying about what special interest lobbyists want him to do?
He wasn't elected to serve the interests of national lobbying firms.
If he believes the gun ban is preventing criminals from using guns in DC, and believes it is lawful under the 2nd Amendment, he needs to stand behind it.
("Buddy" & "Winston": Thanks for trying to derail the discussion.
Is there something about the issue that you don't want to have people discussing or considering?)
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