{"id":36253,"date":"2013-06-14T18:27:47","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T22:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=36253"},"modified":"2013-06-14T18:28:19","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T22:28:19","slug":"house-military-should-be-exempt-from-dcs-gun-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=36253","title":{"rendered":"House: Military should be exempt from DC’s gun laws"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emily Miller, our favorite 2d Amendment reporter at the Washington Times<\/a> reports that this afternoon Congress voted unanimously to pass a resolution that expressed their opinion that folks in the military should be able to carry guns in the District of Columbia in spite of DC’s restrictive gun laws;<\/p>\n

\u201cOur servicemen and women are highly-trained, highly-skilled, and the most professional fighting force in the world,\u201d Gingrey said after the vote about those cases. \u201cThat this could happen to our veterans is a travesty. I will continue fighting to protect our Second Amendment rights.\u201d <\/p>\n

The resolution says that the 40,000 active duty servicemen and women in Washington deserve a waiver from the city\u2019s \u201conerous and highly restrictive laws on the possession of firearms.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, their vote doesn’t mean anything, except that when there’s nothing on the line, Congress supports the troops gun rights. Somehow, I think, if it was actual legislation, the vote might have turned out quite differently.<\/p>\n

They had the same vote last year and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton – a perfect example of the type of politician the district would send to Congress if they ever got an actual representative and Senators – kind of freaked at the first vote;<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will fight every attack on our rights as a local government, particularly when we are singled out for unique treatment.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, their rights as a government supersede those rights of the people who defend that government, I guess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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