The damn republicans again

The tax debate continues, just see the comments from yesterday, add your own.

This almost seems like a non-issue, it probably won't make it out of committee, but I thought I'd blog about it anway. So, Orrin Hatch wants to repeal DC's ban on handguns. Why a republican Senator from Utah cares whether or not a DC resident can or cannot carry a handgun is beyond me. We allow shotgun and riffles for homeowners. There are already about 100,000 legally registered guns in the District. There are only 600,000 residents in the District and that's including children, for some reason one shotgun or riffle for every six people seems like there's enough firearms in the District. Call me crazy, but remember that 600,000 includes children, so the ratio of 1:6 includes children. Shudder to think.
There are two great quotes from the Post article, the first comes from Hatch himself:
"Hatch said congressional repeal of the District laws was needed to enforce the constitutional right to bear arms."
Hmmm, I don't know why Hatch is so concerned over the District resident's constitutional right to bear arms, but not their constitional right to vote for an elected official to Congress. Jeez, the Constitution should not be unequally applied, either treat the District like a district and not allow it's residents to have all the rights afforded them under the constitution or treat them like full citizens and allow them all their rights.
The second quote comes from a director at a gun-control advocacy group:
"'If Senator Hatch really believes that people are safer when they are carrying handguns, then why doesn't he advocate lifting the ban on bringing weapons into the U.S. Capitol?' Nosanchuk said."
That's just great, I can see the gun toting republican senators and representatives now. I wonder if they would be for a concealed-carry law in the Capitol.