--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Nelson" <nelsonriddle2...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Nelson" <nelsonriddle2001@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Nelson" <nelsonriddle2001@> > > > > wrote: > > <snip> > > > > > Most of the crew in DC is in favor of restricting > > > > > gun ownership almost totally. A little research on > > > > > the subject will turn up some very disturbing facts. > > > > > > > > Only if you get your 'facts' from the crackpot fringe > > > > wingnut conspiracy loons. Obama has stated plainly that > > > > he fully supports the 2nd Amendment. There is NO > > > > congressional support to do anything like you're > > > > suggesting and neither are there any plans from the > > > > White House to propose any such thing. > > > > > > > Amazing observation- evidently people with this point of > > > view haven't been following the issue very closely. > > > > Nelson, when you refer to "the crew in DC," are you > > thinking of the federal government (the administration > > and Congress), or the local government *of DC*? > > > > There may be some confusion on this point because DC > > itself does not have the same degree of control over > > its affairs as the states. It does have local > > government, but Congress has the power to overrule > > what the local government does, because DC is not a > > state but a federal district. > > > > The local DC government is very much in favor of > > handgun control in the city because of the high > > degree of violent crime associated with guns in > > the city. It had a strong ban on handguns, but the > > ban was challenged in court, and the Supreme Court > > ruled last year that the ban was unconstitutional. > > Congresscritters held forth at the time on both > > sides of the issue; there were proposals to override > > the ban with legislation, but ultimately Congress > > took no action. Obama flip-flopped on whether the > > ban was constitutional. > > > > Anyway, I'm wondering whether you have "DC" the > > city confused with "DC" the federal gummint. There > > are no moves to impose gun control on a federal > > level currently; it's simply not politically > > feasible. > > > I was thinking of the federal level- where many > advocate a total ban.
I don't think so. I doubt anyone in Congress advocates a total ban on guns. Many are in favor of various types of gun control, but not a total ban by any stretch. And there are at least as many in Congress who vigorously oppose most if not all gun-control measures.
