The folks at the
Washington Post are a little peeved that the D.C. Circuit Court has overturned their precious gun ban:
IN OVERTURNING the District of Columbia's long-standing ban on handguns yesterday, a federal appeals court turned its back on nearly 70 years of Supreme Court precedent to give a new and dangerous meaning to the Second Amendment. If allowed to stand, this radical ruling will inevitably mean more people killed and wounded as keeping guns out of the city becomes harder. Moreover, if the legal principles used in the decision are applied nationally, every gun control law on the books would be imperiled.
From your editorial to God's ears, WaPo. And how about this little fit of pique:
The NRA predictably welcomed yesterday's ruling. According to its myth, only criminals have had guns in the city and now law-abiding citizens will be able to arm themselves for protection.
It's no myth, WaPo. Thanks to the now overturned gun law, only criminals have had guns in the city. Law abiding folk weren't allowed to own them. Now that will change, and let's see what it does to the crime rate when the bad guys start invading homes with armed citizens. There will be some newly ventilated criminals who won't be contributing to future crime stats.
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