the right to arm bears
dc is so bent on prohibiting its residents from owning handguns1 it took the issue all the way to the supreme court.
now the city is going to arm its patrol officers with assault rifles.
while it’s arguably safer to have handguns in the hands of police officers than criminals, i don’t think that necessarily extends to the average law-abiding citizen. i’m left with the thought that this move must be in reaction to a concern (i’d say likelihood, but i haven’t read the transcript of the oral arguments or paid much attention to legal commentators’ opinions on the subject) that the lower court ruling on the dc gun control ordinance will be upheld by the supreme court or remanded to the lower court for a narrower review. “hey! let’s throw MORE high-powered guns at the problem!”
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1 D.C. CODE ยงยง 7-2502.02(a)(4), 22-4504(a), AND 7-2507.02
May 8th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
armed bears. threat number 2 on the colbert count-down. threat number 1 if they weren’t armed.
May 10th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Dear LaLoca.rog, I happened across the county fiar image on your Web page. It would be an ideal illustration for teaching the word “fair” to my deaf students. I wonder if I might place a copy of it in my on-line class management software where students might look at it next to the definition next to the picture.
I teach at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in Rochester, New York, USA, a nonprofit institute. I prepare vocabulary lists with some illustrations to support all my students’ reading materials. To insure credit to you, I could place your name and any other credit near the image.
Would such usage be permissible to you?
Sincerely, John-Allen Payne
Teacher, National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID)
Rochester, New York, 14623, USA