Anti-gun Liberals Defy Law & Logic
Few things get under my skin like government officials who ignore what the law or courts say. To say that I'm mad is an understatement. I'm mad at the District of Columbia (D.C.) and the City of Chicago for similar, albeit slightly different reasons.
Washington D.C.
Kathy Lanier is the chief of the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Following the Supreme Court's overturning of the District's handgun ban, the Chief's office reportedly sent out a memo to District residents. In that memo, the Chief stated;
...automatic and semiautomatic handguns generally remain illegal and may not be registered.
What are they smoking in D.C.? I've read the Supreme Court decision several times and the D.C. statutes that were struck down. The high court never refered to anything but "hand-guns" and, while they did not address every D.C. statute on the subject, the court clearly indicated handguns could not be banned. This would include the subset known as semi-automatic handguns. Once again it appears that if you give an anti-gun Democrat an inch, they'll take a mile. In this case, the District is clearly ignoring a major component of the decision by claiming only revolvers can be registered.
I'm hoping that the District is brought before the D.C. Court of Appeals almost immediately to explain why they think they can ignore a Supreme Court ruling. I also hope that "contempt of court," when it is the highest court in the land, is the same as violating one's oath of office.
If Lanier sent the memo without approval of the District's council, she should be fired and forever barred from ever enforcing any law whatsoever. If she has no respect for the high court, she can't enforce our laws. Likewise those involved in approving the memo should also be fired and banned from holding similar offices.
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