Opposition To Madness Is Bipartisan
By Mitch Berg
A bipartisan bloc in Congress – led by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison – is Hleading a bipartisan tidal wave of Congressional support to overturn in the Supreme Court:
Hutchison said Thursday she is filing a friend-of-the-court brief in a challenge to the laws. Fifty-five senators and 250 House members have signed the brief to be filed Thursday by her and Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.
Hutchison has long opposed the district’s ban on handguns and requirement that rifles and shotguns be registered, stored unloaded and either locked or disassembled. She has sponsored legislation several times to overturn the district’s laws. Her 2004 bill passed the House, but not the Senate.
The district’s law forced her to dismantle and return to Texas her .357 Magnum she brought with her when she moved from Austin.
“In Texas, of course, the right to keep and bear arms is well-settled. In fact, when in Texas you talk about gun control, they mean using two hands,” Hutchison quipped in a speech organized by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.
For once, “bipartisanship” doesn’t mean “everyone act like a Kool-aid guzzling statist fop”.
Thank goodness.
(Via Carnivore at TVM, who notes “As conservatives, we want the law decided only on merits and Constitutionality, but sinced Amicus briefs are part of our process, having a majority of both houses of Congress supporting our side should’t hurt”. Amen, Meat-eater).
February 8th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
When I saw the word “bipartison” in your headline, I got a shiver down my spine. Was sure it was a massive new gov’t program being instituted.
February 8th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
““In Texas, of course, the right to keep and bear arms is well-settled. In fact, when in Texas you talk about gun control, they mean using two hands,””
Best Quote Ever! Isn’t that what it should mean, seriously!
February 8th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
I got a shiver down my spine.
I figured it’d have that affect on someone.
Isn’t that what it should mean, seriously!
It’s like there’s a Marine in the house!
February 8th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
*laughing* Busted!!
February 12th, 2008 at 12:52 am
[…] Attorney’s challenging the DC gun ban have filed their brief with the US Supreme Court. Bonus : It’s in english, not legalese. In addition, as reported by SITD, 55 Senators and 250 House Representatives have filed a friend-of-the-court brief in opposition to the gun ban. Despite this construction on the MN Militia bunker continues at a fevered pace. […]
February 12th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
[…] In this case, it’s center-left Senator Jon Tester of Montana, who Tis among the leaders of the move in Congress in support of euthanizing the DC Gun Ban (which I wrote about last week): Tester also touched on how 2nd Amendment protects our rights and on how gun law ban hurts law abiding citizens. Tester is one of 55 Senators and 250 Representatives to sign an amicus brief arguing the Second Amendment is an individual right. […]