Dreamer
Regular Member
Parker v. District of Columbia?
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2007/rpt/2007-R-0557.htm
This case predates Heller by over a full year, and ruled in favor of Shelly Parker, stating that the Districts handgun ban was unconstitutional, and this was determined 2-1 in a federal court. The District appealed, but the appeals court dismissed their appeal, stating that the ruling was sound.
She was also a part of the Heller case, as one of the co-litigants.
Why doesn't anyone talk about "Parker"? This was a case lead by an African-American woman, who was also a professional, a well-respected member fo the community, and it ruled essentially the SAME as Heller, and was in April of 2007!
http://kennblanchard.com/?p=176
The 2A movement should be ALL over this one. Shelly Parker should be held up on a pedestal for all to see, as an example of the racist discrimination of the DC government, and their disdain for the Federal Courts. Heller was a rich white guy--it's not surprising his case doesn't get much sympathy from the population and government in DC. But Ms. Parker is a professional African America woman.
If it's fair for the Bradys to "play the race card", why isn't it OK for OUR side to do the same, ESPECIALY when the discrimination is so blatant as in the Parker case? The federal courts struck down the DC ban with her case in 2007, and they ignored it. The Federal Courts struck down the DC ban AGAIN with Heller in 2008, and DC made their "permitting" protocols so byzantine that they might as well have ignored the Federal ruling.
What happened to Shelly Parker, and why isn't her case being paraded through the streets as an example of the racist gun-control policies of Washington DC?
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2007/rpt/2007-R-0557.htm
This case predates Heller by over a full year, and ruled in favor of Shelly Parker, stating that the Districts handgun ban was unconstitutional, and this was determined 2-1 in a federal court. The District appealed, but the appeals court dismissed their appeal, stating that the ruling was sound.
She was also a part of the Heller case, as one of the co-litigants.
Why doesn't anyone talk about "Parker"? This was a case lead by an African-American woman, who was also a professional, a well-respected member fo the community, and it ruled essentially the SAME as Heller, and was in April of 2007!
http://kennblanchard.com/?p=176
The 2A movement should be ALL over this one. Shelly Parker should be held up on a pedestal for all to see, as an example of the racist discrimination of the DC government, and their disdain for the Federal Courts. Heller was a rich white guy--it's not surprising his case doesn't get much sympathy from the population and government in DC. But Ms. Parker is a professional African America woman.
If it's fair for the Bradys to "play the race card", why isn't it OK for OUR side to do the same, ESPECIALY when the discrimination is so blatant as in the Parker case? The federal courts struck down the DC ban with her case in 2007, and they ignored it. The Federal Courts struck down the DC ban AGAIN with Heller in 2008, and DC made their "permitting" protocols so byzantine that they might as well have ignored the Federal ruling.
What happened to Shelly Parker, and why isn't her case being paraded through the streets as an example of the racist gun-control policies of Washington DC?
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