Poor Man: DC Mayor Living in State of Denial

by Stephan Tawney on July 7, 2008

The poor guy is under the impression that he can still totally outlaw the handguns he wants, allowing only six-shooter revolvers in his city. Apparently I missed the section of Scalia’s opinion that mentioned only handguns.

The court ruled that a blanket ban on handguns is unconstitutional, but D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and other Washington officials want to keep in place a prohibition on semiautomatic handguns — those in which a bullet clip is inserted into the gun’s grip.

Such a ban would continue to outlaw 9-mm and other popular pistols that are legal in most other places around the United States. And it would make the classic six-shooter the only legal handgun in the District.

As noted by See-Dubya, Scalia doesn’t mention any specific type of handgun. Fenty seems intent on keeping crime up in his city, regardless of what the high court rules.



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