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Mayor Compares DC to Iraq

And you know what? He's almost right! I'll explain in a moment but first, here's a couple quotes from today's Boston Globe:

WASHINGTON -- Bitter about efforts to loosen gun restrictions in the US capital, Washington's mayor yesterday told Congress to stay out of the District of Columbia's business and contrasted the fight for democracy abroad with the lack of rights for the city's residents.

Meanwhile, activists touted a symbolic recommendation by the parliamentary assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe calling for full congressional representation for the district. The US Constitution created special status for the district as the seat of federal power. Washington has more than 550,000 residents. While they pay federal taxes, they have no representation in the Senate and the city's delegate to the House cannot vote on the House floor.

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''It's really no one's business other than the citizens of the district," Williams told reporters. ''It really is so galling when you're fighting for rights overseas, to build democracy overseas, and then you have the capital of this country just totally disregard any kind of home-rule consideration."

And isn't it ironic that as American and Iraqi soldiers and Iraqi citizens fight off insurgents wracking death and destruction in Iraq in order to form a democracy, Williams compares his city's fight for home rule with them. Only, in DC, the insurgents haven't infiltrated into the city from outside but are instead home-grown mutants causing the District to have a violent crime rate second only to Chicago.

Just as many Iraqi citizens have grabbed their guns and joined the police and army, so too the subjects of Washington DC decided to take their city back from... Oh wait, no they haven't; they can't. They're not allowed to defend their homes, neighborhoods, and loved ones because they are denied one of the fundamental rights accorded to most other people in America, the right to keep and bear arms.

Yes, Mayor Williams, there are people gladly fighting for their lives to form a constitution and democracy in some countries in the middle-east. In your city, the people are fighting just to maintain their already eroded constitution. You're the one preventing that. If there is a "lack of rights" of your residents, hop a bus and visit the Rotunda of the National Archives Building to refresh your memory of what is contained in the Constitution.

Bring back freedom and democracy to Washington DC. Restore the fundamental right of the Second Amendment!