Accuracy in reporting
When you get your anti-gun hysteria about the assault weapons ban and the DC gun ban confused, you come up with sentences like:
The District of Columbia Personal Protection Act, which negates the gun ban that former president Bill Clinton put into place, was voted with approval with a 250-171 vote in the House of Representatives, with 52 democrats supporting the passage.
Sorry Ms. Regina Castro, but the DC gun ban was signed into law in 1976.
However, she does get this bit right:
Under the D.C. Personal Protection Act, any weapon that is not prohibited by federal law is available for purchase in D.C.
Most reports yammer on about assault weapons. Good for her for pointing out that the law would make DC like almost every state.
October 8th, 2004 at 11:29 am
“Like almost every state” probably doesn’t sound all that odd if you’re from almost every state. But from California, the notion that D.C. residents might be allowed to own anything I can’t own seems like Bizarro World.