Here are two polls to hit on the D.C. Court of Appeals' overturning of the D.C. gun ban.
Chas.
http://www.wtopnews.com
http://www.nbc4.com/news/11213595/detai ... =mainclick
Two polls on the D.C. Gun Ban matter
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I'm surprised at how high both polls were in favor of gun rights, especially considering that the media tends to give 2A a negative spin.
This is very encouraging.
This is very encouraging.
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I gotta quote, again, Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence; from the Washington Post:
The 2-1 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Parker v. District of Columbia striking down the District of Columbia's handgun law is judicial activism at its worst. By disregarding nearly seventy years of U.S. Supreme Court precedent, two Federal judges have negated the democratically-expressed will of the people of the District of Columbia and deprived this community of a gun law it enacted thirty years ago and still strongly supports.
Right now, the two polls of Washington D.C. news sources that Charles posted asking if respondents support the Court's decision show: 84% Yes, 16% No at WTOP News. 82% Yes, 18% No at NBC4.
Mr. Helmke obviously has a different view of reality than most of the American population.
The 2-1 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Parker v. District of Columbia striking down the District of Columbia's handgun law is judicial activism at its worst. By disregarding nearly seventy years of U.S. Supreme Court precedent, two Federal judges have negated the democratically-expressed will of the people of the District of Columbia and deprived this community of a gun law it enacted thirty years ago and still strongly supports.
Right now, the two polls of Washington D.C. news sources that Charles posted asking if respondents support the Court's decision show: 84% Yes, 16% No at WTOP News. 82% Yes, 18% No at NBC4.
Mr. Helmke obviously has a different view of reality than most of the American population.
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In the shaded box, click on "Related: Should Handguns Be Legal In DC?"
That should open the poll.
That should open the poll.
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I hit 'em both. I typically don't do online polls, but this decision is way too important... 
I'm still tickled....
Chas- what do you think the likelyhood is that:
a) the full Court of Appeals will hear, and reverse,
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b) if the full CofA reverses, what are the odds that SCOTUS will grant cert?
I'm still tickled....
Chas- what do you think the likelyhood is that:
a) the full Court of Appeals will hear, and reverse,
and
b) if the full CofA reverses, what are the odds that SCOTUS will grant cert?
"A man who asks is a fool for five minutes- a man who does not ask is a fool forever."
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