- Posted by Christopher Estep on July 7, 2008
Get this:
The court ruled that a blanket ban on handguns is unconstitutional, but D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and other Washington officials want to keep in place a prohibition on semiautomatic handguns — those in which a bullet clip is inserted into the gun’s grip.
I assumed that since “handgun” is a compound word, from “hand” and “gun” that even the libs would understand that under Heller you can’t ban a “gun” that fits in the “hand”. Apparently, I was wrong.
What I don’t understand is why. Haven’t they ever seen Dirty Harry
? Clint Eastwood carried a .44 revolver in all of those movies. The criminals were just as dead. As Clint said, “… will blow your head clean off…”
Michelle Malkin » DC mayor still unclear on the concept explained in Heller