Or maybe he’s being purposely dense. Or owns stock in Smith & Wesson.
The court ruled that a blanket ban on handguns is unconstitutional, but D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and other Washington officials want to keep in place a prohibition on semiautomatic handguns — those in which a bullet clip is inserted into the gun’s grip.
Such a ban would continue to outlaw 9-mm and other popular pistols that are legal in most other places around the United States. And it would make the classic six-shooter the only legal handgun in the District.
And the mayor isn’t the only one.
D.C. Councilman Phil Mendelson, who sponsored a bill last week to address the court’s decision, told FOXNews.com he’s willing to consider the fate of semiautomatic handguns, but he doesn’t think it needs to be addressed immediately. His bill would not change the semiautomatic weapons law.
He said the first thing the council will need to do is address the court’s ruling that D.C.’s law must include a self-defense provision.
“I think we should look at the definition of semiautomatics in relation to what’s prohibited, but I’m seeing a short-term and a long-term approach. …. And in the short term, I don’t think we need to address it,” Mendelson said.
What is it about the Supreme Court saying that a blanket handgun ban is unconstitutional? Are semi-automatics no longer considered handguns? Did I miss some verbiage in Heller that said it applied only to revolvers? And what the hell is a “bullet clip”? The semi-automatics in my house take magazines, would they be OK in DC?
H/T Michelle Malkin
UPDATE – From Andrew Sullivan via Instapundit, a sensible gun control law I can support. One flaw; this seems to only apply to heterosexual couplings. I wonder what the LGBT groups have to say about that…..
