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http://www.examiner.com/x-2782-DC-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m3d14-DC-Attorney-General-Peter-Nickels-acts-schizophrenic-on-constitutional-rights
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On March 3, 2009, the Washington Times reported that District of Columbia Attorney General Peter J. Nickels said that DC residents owning certain legally registered long guns will be barred from re-registering them in three years due to the DC City Council's quietly passed December 2008 amendments to DC's gun control statutes. These changes make it unlawful to register long guns if the guns have certain features such as pistol grips even though long guns with pistol grips are in common use across the United States.
But on March 11, 2009, Attorney General Nickels ordered corrections officials to ignore a DC law that prohibits the release of prisoners from jail between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. because, said Nickels, "it is unconstitutional for authorities to jail someone overnight who is legally entitled to go free." Nickels did this despite DC Councilman Phil Mendelson's long standing view that the Attorney General has no authority to "unilaterally" declare a DC law unconstitutional. . . .
But there's more - apparently DC residents' legally registered handguns are also at risk. . . .
http://www.examiner.com/x-2782-DC-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m3d14-DC-Attorney-General-Peter-Nickels-acts-schizophrenic-on-constitutional-rights
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On March 3, 2009, the Washington Times reported that District of Columbia Attorney General Peter J. Nickels said that DC residents owning certain legally registered long guns will be barred from re-registering them in three years due to the DC City Council's quietly passed December 2008 amendments to DC's gun control statutes. These changes make it unlawful to register long guns if the guns have certain features such as pistol grips even though long guns with pistol grips are in common use across the United States.
But on March 11, 2009, Attorney General Nickels ordered corrections officials to ignore a DC law that prohibits the release of prisoners from jail between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. because, said Nickels, "it is unconstitutional for authorities to jail someone overnight who is legally entitled to go free." Nickels did this despite DC Councilman Phil Mendelson's long standing view that the Attorney General has no authority to "unilaterally" declare a DC law unconstitutional. . . .
But there's more - apparently DC residents' legally registered handguns are also at risk. . . .