The District of Columbia IS under the same Bill of Rights restrictions as the states, and residents there enjoy the same Constitutional protections as residents of the several states. The supreme court has ruled so in Callan v. Wilson, Wright v. Davidson and other cases.

Do I know you from somewhere?

It is interesting to note that Washington DC has the most draconian anti gun laws in the nation and the highest murder rate in the nation. Every state that has passed Right to Carry laws has seen a drop in murders, rapes and crimes in general. In 1973 three women were brutally raped and tortured although they called the police on several occasions. The police never showed up. The women sued the police but lost the case when the DC courts said the "police have no duty to protect any specific individual" If the police are not required to protect me then just exactly who will protect me if not myself?

The anti gun laws in that shithole called The District of Columbia are designed to promote criminal activiity by leaving all law abiding citizens vunerable and unprotected. Instead of allowing the people to protect themselves the DC "leadership" ("that bitch set me up") blames the law abiding people of the surrounding states for their inability to turn that travesty of our nation's capitol into something other than a third world country. Anyone who has ever visited Washington DC knows that you don't want to be on the streets after dark in any area and even before dark on most streets.

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I don't know, ever spend time in Southern Ohio?

Next to the big butter Jesus?

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Declaration of Independence
"Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself."
Thomas Jefferson
"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand."
Milton Friedman

Exactly my feelings on the subject. If liberals want to decrease gun violence take the weapons from the negro, the vast majority of crimes with weapons are committed by the american negro. Not PC, but true.

Have you taken a look at what is loose in the streets of Washington D.C.??? The place is saturated with idiots and lunatics that cant even take care of local services. Every year a volunteer squad of professionals - free of charge - has to step forward and help them get the services budeted and started, the schools opened up, tax matters attended to, expenditures and revenues projected and dealt with.....why dont you talk a walk through the streets of Washington D.C. and you will understand what the fuk you are dealing with insofar as the mentallity of a large portion of the residents?

As long as criminals have guns, the public will need guns to protect themselves. Relying on the police to solve all of your personal protection needs is lunacy.

Or allow the Negro to defend himself from the Criminals who own and operate the commerce of the Ghetto. Gun Control was set up to disarm blacks in the first place. It stays true to it's original intent, along with the countless ohter problems it causes.

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"It is the Right of the People to alter or abolish the Government"
Declaration of Independence
"Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself."
Thomas Jefferson
"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand."
Milton Friedman

Technically, you're right. But they get their rights handed to them piecemeal, and have to fight for some of them (such as Representation, Voting Rights, and Right to Bear Arms). They are under special, limited rights protection because of the clause in the Constitution that says :In strict legalese, they have the same rights afforded any U.S. Citizen. But in reality, they aren't allowed those rights by the Federal Governments typical "give an inch, take a mile" legislation. But I guess the same holds true whether you live in a State or not...D.C. just gets some of the worst treatment. They can't get truly fair treatement comparable to the States, since they are taxed without representation. Not even the States get that kind of screwing.

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