Non "assault" assault rifle for DC?

Can't City Council surrogate for "state?" In other words, enact local law similar to state law (Home Rule?).

By same, I am "Federally sworn" as a Metropolitan Police Officer, but I do not have the same Federal privelages as, say, Capitol Police or US Park Police. I am considered municipal.

-Coop
 
The reason some states have enacted "Assault Weapons Bans" is the second amendment has yet to be incorporated under the 14th amendment. That fight is now on.
 
Can't City Council surrogate for "state?" In other words, enact local law similar to state law (Home Rule?).
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The DC Council makes local laws under authority delegated by Congress. Because its authority derives from the U.S. Congress, DC's local laws can't contravene the U.S. Constitution (i.e. 2nd Amendment). The 2nd Amendment has not been "incorporated" against the states, so state firearms laws are not (yet) limited by the 2nd Amendment.
 
Mini-14 is still an option If I could afford the ammo I'd get an M1-A
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M1A, ahhh. Are the rounds that much more expensive? How much are you going to shoot it, really? It makes one hell of a SHTF weapon.

Mini 14s are great, if you put a serious barrel on it, otherwise it's a bit inaccurate when the barrel heats up, after just a few rounds.

I like the idea of something that uses a standard magazine like this:

http://www.impactguns.com/store/640832000795.html
http://www.KELTECPISTOLS.COM/category/985_SU16_Rifles.aspx

These are getting real popular in CA. It is my understanding that they accept standard AR mags.

On the legal subject, eventually I think a strong case will be made that if the 2A has ANYTHING to do with the security of a free state, then the standard issued rifle of the US military ought to be the MOST protected weapon in the land. US v Miller denied 2A protection for sawed-off shotguns, only because they hadn't been shown to have a military purpose.

Unfortunately, the litigants never finished arguing the case so that incorrect assumption was left unchallenged. We know better today. Short barreled shotguns do IN FACT have a military purpose. 'Miller' did, however, leave in it's trail a rare breadcrumb of 2A precedent for weapons which have a militia, or military purpose.

We have a long history of civilian ownership of whatever is the standard long arm of the day, that didn't end when the M1 Garand came along. Neither did the M14 (M1a civilian variant) cause nationwide panic. So along comes the AR15, with it's menacing look and relatively lightweight cartridge. So 40 some years later, it's suddenly a primary target of do-gooders on the Hill.

Once incorporation via the 14th amendment is in place, I think we will be in an excellent position to go after D.C, California, New York, Hawaii, and a few others. I hope the first to go will be cosmetic features bans, and magazine & ammo bans. That's the mouth of the gun-control dragon as far as I'm concerned.

Good luck with the move, I'm glad you're keeping your AR. After 9 years in Nevada, I seriously doubt I would ever take up residence in a state or district that didn't trust me with an AR15. Take a look at the Kel-Tec. Might be just the thing for the time being.
 
Once incorporation via the 14th amendment is in place, I think we will be in an excellent position to go after D.C. ...
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D.C. is essentially the only place we can go after directly without incorporation being a factor.
 
In my, mostly uneducated, legal opinion, DC is one of the best places to attack these laws. The incorporation issue is not a factor and the local laws are so restrictive, it is easier to show how stupid they are. Granted, there are a LOT of other factors, but those two make the idea more appealing.
 
Anybody have any other suggestions for our friend from D.C.?
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My advice is to get in touch with Robert Levy at the Cato Institute and Alan Gura, who argued the Heller Case before the Supreme Court. You could be the next Dick Heller and help advance gun rights for all of us. Or, on the other hand, they might tell you that this isn't a good case. Either way, I would seriously consider talking to them.
 
Move to Texas. Don't know if they still are, but a while back Dallas was hiring LEO's like crazy and paying enough people from all over Texas and Shreveport, LA were moving there. I understand that sometimes you might not be able to just pack up and leave, but that's what I would do.
 
My advice is to get in touch with Robert Levy at the Cato Institute and Alan Gura, who argued the Heller Case before the Supreme Court. You could be the next Dick Heller and help advance gun rights for all of us. Or, on the other hand, they might tell you that this isn't a good case. Either way, I would seriously consider talking to them.
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Excellent idea, but might turn you into a bit of a pariah at the department. Sounds like you would make a good subject.
 
First off, gun control laws are like boiling a frog.

If you throw a frog in a pot of boiling water, the frog will freak. Yet if you put the frog in cold water, and turn up the heat a bit at a time, the frog will accept his fate and not say a word.

Folks, we are the frog, its out fault for letting them turn up the heat.

You can live with it or Freak as the frog in boiling water, its up to us.
 
Lots of heavy breathing and legal advice.

I say the get the Mini 14 (which nowadays are much improved), or any of the long list of effective semi-auto rifles that you can legally own:

SU16
SKS
Mini30
Saiga
Garand
M1A
M1 carbine
Hakim
Mas49
etc.
 
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