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Old March 31, 2010, 10:22 PM   #19
alan
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LaserSpot Quote:
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/...dc-handgun-ban
Last September, a Washington Post reporter, Christian Davenport, found out just how difficult it still is to get a handgun in D.C. even after the Supreme Court struck down the city's handgun ban. Excluding the price of the gun, the reporter spent $558.69 in various fees to get through the approval process. But that was only part of the cost. It took him "a total of 15 hours 50 minutes, four trips to the Metropolitan Police Department, two background checks, a set of fingerprints, a five-hour class and a 20-question multiple-choice exam."

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A passing note regarding the above, btw, I had read this story too. The gentleman "invoking his constitutional rights" in the above described fiasco, a polite description for what it actually is/was, likely had some political influence too. Just think on the runaround Mr., Mrs. or Ms. Everyperson would have gotten from the monions of the law in the District of Columbia.
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