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Friday May 18th 2012

MILLER: Emily gets her gun

Congratulations to Emily Miller for finally getting her Gun!  She gave us an inside look at what it takes in DC to enjoy her civil right to Keep and Bear Arms.

Emily Miller Gets her Gun – Washington Times

I finally got my gun in Washington, D.C. I brought it home today from the District’s firearms’ registry office.

After months of aggravation, hundreds of dollars in fees, countless hours jumping over hurdles, I am now a gun owner and finally exercising my second amendment right to keep arms (bearing arms is still illegal in the nation’s capital).

When I first started the “Emily Gets Her Gun” series, I thought  I would be waiting in long lines and filling out lots of paperwork. I never could have imagined that the D.C. gun laws made it so unearthly difficult to get a legal handgun. However, I also never could have believed that this newspaper series would encourage change in Washington’s gun laws.

The bad guys buy guns off the street in five minutes, and the city has no record of the transaction. Law-abiding citizens have to take a five-hour class that is only taught outside

Read More at : http://www.politisite.com/2012/02/08/miller-emily-gets-her-gun/

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