Appeals Court Overturns D.C. Gun Ban

[fabsroman]

Okay, I have a copy of the Complaint in front of me and this case started in the US District Court for the District of Columbia and was then appealed to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. As such, it started in the federal Court system and it can make its way all the way to the Supreme Court, and that would be its next stop if there is another appeal. Do you think the government of the District of Columbia is going to appeal this decision? There is a paper by the Attorney General supporting the Court's ruling already out. Somehow, I seriously doubt they are going to appeal it, unless they have an agenda of showing the entire country that guns cannot be banned from law abiding citizens.

Funny thing is that the legislature for the District of Columbia was debating on passing a law removing the old statute prohibiting people from owning handguns or firearms that would work on demand. Essentially, a person could not own a handgun at all, and if they owned a long gun they could not keep it loaded and it had to be disabled in some way (e.g., trigger lock). The legislature was about to overturn this stupid law that has been on the books since 1976, but they refrained so that this case could be heard. If they had overturned the law, the case would have been moot and it would have been dismissed. I started to read a pretty good article on this matter, but it is too long, I am too tired, and I still have to finish working on the baby's room because the furniture comes tomorrow. So, I will post it for you guys to read. I hope Maryland follows suit and leaves this stupid assault weapons ban off the books, but who knows what is going to happen with that.

Here is that article:

http://www.cato.org/testimony/ct-rl062805.html

Maybe I will finish reading it tomorrow, or take a copy of it with me to Lamaze class.