The Washington, D.C. City Council this week has enacted a new law called the Firearms Emergency Control Act of 2008.
The act which will remain in effect for 90 days, until new permanent legislation can be drafted allows handguns to be assembled and loaded only when the threat of immediate harm is present in the home.
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This slight and almost meaningless change to the handgun ban seems to be at odds with much of the findings of the Supreme Court's ruling in the Heller case where the court majority indicated that one of the reasons for the Second Amendment being a personal right was to be able to defend oneself from harm- particularly in the home.
The requirements of this new legislation seems to make the ability to react quickly to any sort of threat impossible.
In fact it may even encourage home invasion type robbers to act more quickly on the off chance that a person might have a disassembled firearm, realizing they may be able to disable them during a laborious reassembly and loading process.
We are dangerously close to electing a bunch of like-minded folks into national office who at a minimum will appoint like-minded justices to the Supreme Court
