{"id":1251,"date":"2008-09-09T10:52:13","date_gmt":"2008-09-09T14:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=1251"},"modified":"2008-09-09T10:52:13","modified_gmt":"2008-09-09T14:52:13","slug":"congress-back-to-screwing-dc-this-time-with-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/09\/09\/congress-back-to-screwing-dc-this-time-with-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress Back To Screwing DC (This Time With Guns!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inline-ad\" style=\"margin-bottom: 4px; padding-right: 10px; float: left;\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/media3.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/hp\/img\/ad_label_leftjust.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"ad_icon\" width=\"100\" height=\"13\" \/><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif ( show_doubleclick_ad &amp;&amp; ( adTemplate &amp; INLINE_ARTICLE_AD ) == INLINE_ARTICLE_AD &amp;&amp; inlineAdGraf )\n{\nplaceAd('ARTICLE',commercialNode,20,'inline=y;',true) ;\n}\n\/\/ --><\/script> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\n&lt;! \nif ( show_doubleclick_ad &amp;&amp; ( adTemplate &amp; INLINE_ARTICLE_AD ) == INLINE_ARTICLE_AD &amp;&amp; inlineAdGraf )\n{\ndocument.write('&lt;\/div&gt;') ;\n}\n\/\/  &gt;\n\/\/ --><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Congress, apparently because it has nothing better to do, is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/09\/08\/AR2008090802593.html\">preparing to shove the preferences of its pro-gun Members down DC&#8217;s throat<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The legislation has four main goals. It would repeal the D.C. ban on semiautomatic pistols and rifles; eliminate the city&#8217;s gun-registration requirements; allow District residents to purchase guns in Virginia and Maryland; and abolish the regulation that guns kept at home be unloaded and either disassembled or fitted with trigger locks.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents of the legislation said it could have even more far-reaching effects because of what they termed its vague provisions<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You could drive a truck through this language,&#8221; said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/ac2\/related\/topic\/Peter+Nickles?tid=informline\">Peter Nickles<\/a>, acting D.C. attorney general. He noted that the bill would bar the D.C. government from passing any laws that would &#8220;unduly burden&#8221; residents wanting to have or use firearms as long as they met federal requirements.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But wait, don&#8217;t the Democrats control Congress now?\u00c2\u00a0 Well, let&#8217;s not let some silly little principle like self determination get in the way of your election year antics:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[The] legislation is likely to prevail in the House, according to congressional sources and supporters and opponents of the bill. It has won the backing of 48 Democrats, many facing reelection in strongly pro-gun areas, and is expected to pick up broad support among Republicans.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Right.\u00c2\u00a0 Great job, Nancy.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Useless ()*@#@#%#$ Democrats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress, apparently because it has nothing better to do, is preparing to shove the preferences of its pro-gun Members down DC&#8217;s throat: The legislation has four main goals. It would repeal the D.C. ban on semiautomatic pistols and rifles; eliminate the city&#8217;s gun-registration requirements; allow District residents to purchase guns in Virginia and Maryland; and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dc","category-politics","category-virginia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}