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D.C. Changes Stance on Handguns

April 20, 2012

After years of end-runs around the historic decision of Washington D.C. v Heller, some needed changes are coming to its handgun laws. A five-hour training mandate, ballistics testing, vision testing and the requirement that application documents be notarized are no longer required. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) will take photographs of applicants. Registered gun owners will no longer be subject to arrest, if they possess the wrong type of ordinary ammunition. All this from a unanimous decison of the D.C. Council and more here…

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D.C.’s Stance on Guns Changing

April 18, 2012

The D.C. Council is expected to have passed the Firearms Amendment Act of 2012 under expedited procedures so it can take effect this summer. The ordinance will do away with many of the expensive and time-consuming hurdles to registering a gun in the District that were put in place after the Supreme court’s decision. D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown, who will vote for the bill, has made a 180 on gun rights. More here…

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D.C.’s Gun Laws Too Strict

January 21, 2012

American citizens shouldn’t have to take a test or pay onerous fees to exercise their rights to free speech and to vote. It’s equally as disturbing to set such roadblocks before the Second Amendment.

D.C. may finally be realizing that its obstructionist intent to stiffle rights may be costing it too much. More here…

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