the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed
Not so in DC
A D.C. Superior Court judge has ordered a veteran and activist accused of openly carrying a shotgun in D.C.’s Freedom Plaza held without bond.
Activist Adam Kokesh ordered held without bond in D.C. – WTOP.com
Unless you work for the Obama propaganda machine
Having carefully reviewed all of the facts and circumstances of this matter, as it does in every case involving firearms-related offenses or any other potential violation of D.C. law within our criminal jurisdiction, OAG has determined to exercise its prosecutorial discretion to decline to bring criminal charges against Mr. Gregory
David Gregory Prosecution Over Gun Magazine Not Happening, D.C. Attorney Says
In Obama’s world, protection of the law only applies to his political cronies.
I seem to recall that since DC is a federal territory, the protections against government over-reach contained within the Bill of Rights do not apply. One of the big reason DC want’s state-hood.
I could be wrong, I never took the time to verify that one.
I don’t recall the Constitution granting the federal government the power to suspend the Constitution except for cases of invasion and insurrection ( which Lincoln infamously and unfortunately used ).
It is an interesting question though because it was fully explored during the run-up to the Civil War as new territories came into the United States and each an every time the potential for new slavery became an issue.
This is a job for Constitutional scholars certainly but I doubt that George Washington would have surveyed the District and laid the cornerstone for the Capitol if he knew this area was to be extra-Constitutional.
DC residents are 90% Dems. In other words, they won’t question their lack of personal safety because they’ve been brainwashed like Stepford wives.
Reblogged this on The Firewall.
the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed
An Illinois sheriff’s team is crisscrossing the Chicago suburbs in an effort to seize guns from thousands of people whose right to own a firearm has been revoked, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
According to the paper, more than 3,000 people in Cook County have failed to surrender their revoked Firearm Owners Identification Card, or FOID, which is required to legally buy guns or ammunition.
A Firearm Owners Identification Card is issued by the State. A right can’t be issued by the State. So in Illinois it is a privilege to keep and bear arms . This is unconstitutional. I suppose the sheriff has sworn to uphold the constitution .
A blind person can have a FOID ?
link
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/07/28/sheriffs-team-working-to-seize-guns-from-thousands-in-illinois/
Perhaps in the near future people will require another FoID card — Freedom of Information Distribution — in order to freely exercise their right of speech. RTF
All too common. During the same news cycle an aide to Rep John Conyers (D-MI) was caught carrying a concealed gun into a federal court building in Detroit. She received a ticket, no fine, and the incident will be expunged from her record with good behavior. Presumably that “good behavior” is continued support for gun control, just like her boss.
http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/10/democratic-aide-brings-gun-into-courthouse-receives-ticket/
It’s only an honest mistake if they make it.
If you want late night waffles, don’t get them in DC, Fulton county Georgia would be a safer bet…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr4h6S_hQQY&feature=player_embedded