--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jst...@...> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Nelson" <nelsonriddle2001@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Nelson" <nelsonriddle2001@> wrote:
> <snip>
> > > > Most of the crew in DC is in favor of restricting
> > > > gun ownership almost totally. A little research on
> > > > the subject will turn up some very disturbing facts.
> > >
> > > Only if you get your 'facts' from the crackpot fringe
> > > wingnut conspiracy loons. Obama has stated plainly that
> > > he fully supports the 2nd Amendment. There is NO
> > > congressional support to do anything like you're
> > > suggesting and neither are there any plans from the
> > > White House to propose any such thing.
> > >
> > Amazing observation- evidently people with this point of
> > view haven't been following the issue very closely.
>
> Nelson, when you refer to "the crew in DC," are you
> thinking of the federal government (the administration
> and Congress), or the local government *of DC*?
>
> There may be some confusion on this point because DC
> itself does not have the same degree of control over
> its affairs as the states. It does have local
> government, but Congress has the power to overrule
> what the local government does, because DC is not a
> state but a federal district.
>
> The local DC government is very much in favor of
> handgun control in the city because of the high
> degree of violent crime associated with guns in
> the city. It had a strong ban on handguns, but the
> ban was challenged in court, and the Supreme Court
> ruled last year that the ban was unconstitutional.
> Congresscritters held forth at the time on both
> sides of the issue; there were proposals to override
> the ban with legislation, but ultimately Congress
> took no action. Obama flip-flopped on whether the
> ban was constitutional.
>
> Anyway, I'm wondering whether you have "DC" the
> city confused with "DC" the federal gummint. There
> are no moves to impose gun control on a federal
> level currently; it's simply not politically
> feasible.
>
I was thinking of the federal level- where many advocate a total ban.
