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Sheila Jackson Lee votes to keep DC residents from owning guns!
Published by tx18voter at 12:01 pm under Uncategorized

Sheila Jackson Lee was, thankfully, in the minority when the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to approve the National Rifle Association (NRA)-backed “Second Amendment Enforcement Act” in an overwhelming bi-partisan vote of 266-152.If it was left up the Sheila the residents of the District of Columbia would not be able to own guns to defend their homes in compliance with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in District of Columbia v. Heller.The Act, passed as an amendment to H.R. 6842, will overturn the District of Columbia’s gun control restrictions that defy the recent Supreme Court ruling by continuing to limit D.C. residents’ right to self-defense. Following passage, Chris W. Cox, NRA’s chief lobbyist remarked, “From the moment the Supreme Court overturned this failed gun ban, elitist politicians have sought to undermine the Court’s decision with bogus emergency regulations that all but stop residents from exercising their Second Amendment rights. NRA wants to make sure D.C. residents are able to protect themselves and their families.” The Second Amendment Enforcement Act will: • Repeal the District’s ban on semi-automatic handguns. Semi-automatic pistols have been the most commonly purchased firearms in the United States over the last 20 years, and therefore a ban on those firearms is unconstitutional as decided by Heller; • Restore the right of self-defense by repealing the requirement that firearms be disassembled or secured with a trigger lock in the home; • Reform the current D.C. registration system that requires multiple visits to police headquarters; ballistics testing; passing a written test on D.C. gun laws; fingerprinting; and limiting registration to one handgun per 90 days. The current system is unduly burdensome and serves as a vehicle for even more onerous restrictions; and • Create a limited exemption to the federal ban on interstate handgun sales by allowing D.C. residents to purchase handguns in Virginia and Maryland. Currently there is only one licensed firearm dealer in the District, and the District government is standing in the way of additional dealers opening their doors. A 40-year old federal law prohibits residents from purchasing handguns outside of the District. “The American people should know where their elected representatives stand on this critical civil rights legislation before the November elections.”

Please join my campaign to defeat Sheila Jackson Lee, a liberal elitist from Queens, New York, who has failed to represent the Texas 18th Congressional District for 14 years too many!

dlcrouch wrote:They say the most dangerous place to be is between Sheila Jackson Lee and TV camera