Legislation Pending in Congress
The non-voting "delegates" in Congress from D.C. have an agenda ...to be placed on equal footing with the States, contrary to the very intent of its creation. Congress retains the right, indeed the mandate, to treat Washington, D.C. as unique.
On the surface, to those of us defending against the onslaught to eliminate the 2nd Amendment as the law of the land, it might appear good that Delegate Norton objects to Representative Gingrey's D.C. gun proposal in that it should apply nationwide; however, Ms. Norton is simply 'chipping away' at Congressional control over D.C. Her objections have nothing to do with furthering the cause of 'civil rights' for D.C. residents. One could surmise that Mr. Norton, a woman of color, would embrace, whole heartedly, any expansion of citizens' Constitutional rights where ever possible be it D.C. or not. But typical of social activists, their real agenda is to obtain every increasing government largesse, feeding out of the government trough, ...it is not about an individual's rights under our Constitution.
A closer look at her history of social and collective activism exposes her "plantation government" philosophy which has been 'part and parcel' of most anti-gun rulings, laws, regulations and police action throughout America's past ...especially when involving minorities. A cursory study of the causation behind most anti-2nd Amendment actions by local, county, state, or federal government and officials has historically been to further restrict, in fact, ...to criminalize their keeping and bearing arms. As for "unintended consequences", one could say, in a sense, that 'she is cutting her nose to spite her face.'
Be assured that if D.C. where to be given autonomy equal to the 50 states, D.C. would fight 'tooth'n nail' to remain on the government dole keeping its failed anti-gun restrictions on its citizens while continuing its propensity for violence and crime.
"See more of this non-voting D.C. delegate to Congress on Youtube espousing various liberal causes all-the-while nudging for full voting rights in Congress for the District of Colombia. Imagine a single city having full representation equal to States of the Union! I guess, in her view, our Constitution is inadequate for 'her people' and that the reasons D.C. was created as a non-voting entity are invalid under the leftist 'living Constitution' concept."
"See more of this non-voting D.C. delegate to Congress on Youtube espousing various liberal causes all-the-while nudging for full voting rights in Congress for the District of Colombia. Imagine a single city having full representation equal to States of the Union! I guess, in her view, our Constitution is inadequate for 'her people' and that the reasons D.C. was created as a non-voting entity are invalid under the leftist 'living Constitution' concept."
-- rfh
article source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2012/may/18/house-urges-dc-loosen-gun-laws-troops/
The House voted late Thursday to urge the District of Columbia to allow U.S. troops to carry personal firearms within the nation's capital — and the city's non-voting member of Congress is vowing a fight to try to block the move.
By voice vote the House passed the measure, which expresses the "sense of Congress" that active-duty military personnel who live or work in Washington should be exempt from the city's strict gun-control laws. Rep. Phil Gingrey, a Georgia Republican, sponsored the amendment, which was attached to the annual defense policy bill.
But Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, the city's representative to Congress, said she'll rally fellow Democrats who control the Senate to try to remove the language when the defense policy bill goes to that chamber.
"We will fight every attack on our rights as a local government, particularly when we are singled out for unique treatment," she said.
She demanded to know why Mr. Gingrey didn't offer a broader amendment that would apply nationwide, rather than just to the District.
The city has long had the most restrictive gun laws in the country, though a 2008 Supreme Court ruling did carve out some protections for legal gun owners.
The Washington Times reported this week on the case of Army National Guard Lt. Augustine Kim, who served two tours in Afghanistan and is preparing to deploy to Kosovo but who had his personal firearms collection confiscated by D.C. officials two years ago when he stopped in the city for a doctor's appointment.
Charges against him were dropped, but the city has refused to return his firearms.
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