Washington Times Editor Attempts to Navigate D. C. Gun Laws

All Hail Emily!

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This article on Fox News cites Emily's travails in acquiring a firearm. There is an accompanying video.

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Gun ownership 'very difficult' despite Supreme Court rulings

By Shannon Bream

Published February 23, 2012 | FoxNews.com

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Emily Miller, a senior opinion editor at The Washington Times and also a crime victim, decided to get a gun following the Supreme Court's decision, but says she had no idea how "frustrating" it would be.

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Good catch, Spats. Here are some of the provisions of the new legislation:

eliminates the five-hour training requirement for gun ownership (...) which cost an average of $200, could not even be legally taken within city limits, calling into question the requirement’s constitutionality.
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It also does away with the restriction that residents can only own ammunition for guns they own, does away with required vision tests, and pushes the requirement for registration renewals back to January 2014.
 
Thanks, Tom. Here are the parts that really caught my eye:

Washington Times said:
Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Chief Cathy Lanier asked the council to end the mandatory classes. She told The Washington Times that her department will instead provide a video online or at the registry office that covers gun safety and local laws. “I think it makes sense,” she explained. “We’ll be more consistent with what other jurisdictions do.”
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Washington Times said:
Councilman Jack Evans, Ward 2 Democrat, voted for the bill under political pressure. “Council member Mendelson called me last night and said, ‘This is what I believe we have to do in order to accommodate the concerns raised by Congress and, or, the courts,’ Mr. Evans told The Washington Times. “Although none of us like making it easier for someone to have a gun legally, we believe that this is what we have to do.”
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Nor should she. The citizens of our nation's capitol should be able to defend themselves as any other American should.
 
Go Emily.

The policies of the FAA and the Airline Industry was to comply with high jackers. After 911 that policy changed. We now see and hear reports of passengers subduing violent passengers.

Hopefully (though doubtfully) the administration of DC and other anti 5A jurisdiction will see the light. It is obvious that a growing number of their citizens have concluded that armed citizens are necessary for a safe society.
 
re: Vision testing...

TFL once had an active poster who was blind as a sleepin' bat who was learning to target shoot with help of a sighted person. He planned to get a ccw and carry.

Basically, if you have the right gun in the right holster and in the right location and find you are being assaulted, you can bet your blind bottom dollar that the person with his hands on you and your gun in his gut is the assailant...;)

While he has excellent vision, my wheelchair bound buddy is not one to be a "soft target"...

On topic... Glad to see this played out as I expected but that she took the time to record the process and put it out there for all the world to see...

Brent
 
Emily is mentioned prominently in this NRA article on DC firearms laws and their current revision.

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In D.C., Baby Steps Toward Gun Law Sanity

Posted on March 2, 2012

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Washington Times Opinion Page Senior Editor Emily Miller, who chronicled the extreme difficulties of purchasing a firearm in our Nation’s Capital, recently wrote an op-ed piece, in which she notes that D.C. officials have no solution for the city’s crime problem. The article reports that violent crime in the District is up 40 percent in the first two months of the year, including double the number of robberies at gunpoint.

The article also notes that at a recent community meeting on the increased violence--held by D.C. Council member Mary M. Cheh--one resident asked officials why the city makes it so difficult for law-abiding residents to possess guns and refuses to allow them to carry firearms outside of the home.

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Oh for God's sake...

She says she's cleared up her misconceptions about DC improperly interpreting the gun laws and now she's no longer afraid of being "falsely arrested."

Maybe she understands them, but I think it's safe to say that DC police still don't understand them, so she's still in danger of being falsely arrested.
 
I guess the real question here is, "When are the D.C. Police going to be properly educated/trained on the new gun laws?"
The public now has the information. Hopefully LEOs are not far behind.
 
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. . . .Maybe she understands them, but I think it's safe to say that DC police still don't understand them, so she's still in danger of being falsely arrested.
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I guess the real question here is, "When are the D.C. Police going to be properly educated/trained on the new gun laws?" . . . .
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Whether she intended to be or not, it sounds like Ms. Miller is fairly well positioned to, ahem, "educate" the DC Police:
Emily Miller said:
. . . . I checked it with firearms attorney Richard Gardiner for his interpretation. Mr. Gardiner represents Dick Heller, . . .
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"Whether she intended to be or not, it sounds like Ms. Miller is fairly well positioned to, ahem, "educate" the DC Police:"

Yes, I'm sure that Mr. Gardiner would represent her...

AFTER she is falsely arrested by a cop who took his marching orders from the lieutenant who won't get back to her and from Kathy Lanier.
 
DC Police ... Officer Harper

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It's a shame that DC had someone working the Gun Office who didn't know what he was talking about the day she asked questions.

I do suggest however that
Ignorance, Indifference, Incompetence (plus there's another I-word but I forget it)
explain more bad things that happen to people that deliberate ill intent does.

DC city council anti-gun - Yes ! and again YES YES !!.
But ..
DC Police department having a deliberate policy to peddle false info about the laws - IMHO that is much less likely.

More likely this is just another person who thinks working for the police department makes him an expert on laws he hasn't really read.
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Also, Male Police Officer asked question by Female Civilian.
Options (Testosterone rush):
....A - I don't know.
....B - Make up an answer so I sound like I know-it-all.

B B !!
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In response to this:
The law was so different than the information provided by the gun registry office that I checked it with firearms attorney Richard Gardiner for his interpretation. Mr. Gardiner represents Dick Heller, who brought the landmark Supreme Court case that overturned Washington’s 30-year handgun ban.
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I posted this:

Oh My!

Richard Gardiner is working for the NRA in representing Dick Heller in the Heller II case... Most definitely not the Supreme Court case by that name. That attorney was Alan Gura!
 
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