CAUSE OF THE D.C. GUN BAN CHALLENGE
CAUSE OF THE D.C. GUN BAN CHALLENGE
Date: Apr 9, 2007 2:20 PM
“The only thing between me and somebody entering my home are harsh
words. That’s all I have.”
-Shelly Parker
One of five complainants against Washington, DC handgun ban
Fight Against Ban Grew Out of Fear, Frustration
By Elissa Silverman
Washington Post Staff Writer
April 8, 2007; C06
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Shelly Parker did everything she could to keep her home safe. She owned
a dog. She called D.C. police when she suspected illegal activity on her
block. She installed a security camera on her front window.
Her crime-fighting efforts made an impression. One night, Parker found
her car window smashed and saw rocks scattered around the vehicle. She
felt it was retaliation for her vigilance.
“That really disturbed me to my core,” recalled Parker, who said she
often received verbal taunts while walking her malamute, Barney, near
her home on the northeastern edge of Capitol Hill.
A police officer gave her some advice, Parker said.
Get a gun, he told her.
Parker later joined five other D.C. residents who took the District
government to court in an effort to overturn the city’s 31-year-old
handgun ban. In March, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.
Circuit ruled in their favor, striking down key elements of the
restrictive statute by a 2 to 1 vote. Among other things, the judges
said the Second Amendment gives residents the right to keep loaded guns
in their homes.
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The Second Amendment IS Homeland Security !
