Month: December 2006

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Right to Arm Bear Militias

The wingnuts are gonna love «this»: ‘In a case that could shape firearms laws nationwide, attorneys for the District of Columbia argued Thursday that the Second Amendment right to bear arms applies only to militias, not individuals. The city defended as constitutional its long-standing ban on handguns, a law that some gun opponents have advocated...

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Rats Scurrying Away, Finally

Thank god! And «don’t let the door hit you on the butt on the way out»: ‘Representative Charles B. Rangel tried to do something graceful on Friday. He wished a very public happy birthday to his longtime nemesis, Representative Bill Thomas, the departing chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. In an exchange on...