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D.C. City Council Defies The Law: Ignores U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Handguns

Less than a month after the U.S. Supreme Court rules against a handgun ban and trigger-lock requirement in the D.C. v. Heller case, the very man who brought and won the suit against the District's 32-year-old ban on handguns, Dick Heller, gets a rude awakening.

Right after the legal victory, Heller was one of the very first in line to apply for a handgun permit, only to have his registration rejected. "This is a blatant defiance of a Supreme Court ruling," says Larry Pratt, Executive Director of Gun Owners of America (GOA), "a defiance of the law. There is no question that their 'emergency legislation' will be challenged and overturned."

Pratt is available for interviews to discuss the city's actions and express his convictions regarding why Congress should "exercise its constitutional responsibility under Article I, Section 8, Clause 17, to rein in the lawless Washington D.C. government."

According to Heller, the City Council legislation allows for semi-automatic handguns with clips that hold less than 11 bullets, leading him to believe his seven-bullet-clip gun should've been legal. But the City surprisingly rejected his application because, according to a spokesman for the D.C. police department, the fact that the gun was a bottom-loading weapon, made it illegal in that all such weapons are grouped with machine guns.

"This is just unacceptable," adds Pratt. "No wonder the District is awash with lawlessness. The contempt for the law starts in the city council chambers."

ABOUT YOUR EXPERT GUEST, LARRY PRATT...

Larry Pratt has been Executive Director of Gun Owners of America for 30 years. GOA is a national membership organization of 300,000 Americans dedicated to promoting their second amendment freedom to keep and bear arms.

GOA lobbies for the pro-gun position in Washington and is involved in firearm issues in the states. GOA's work includes providing legal assistance to those involved in lawsuits with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the federal firearms law enforcement agency.

Pratt has appeared on numerous national radio and TV programs such as NBC's Today Show, CBS' Good Morning America, CNN's Crossfire and Larry King Live, Fox's Hannity & Colmes, MSNBC's Phil Donahue and Dan Abrams show and many others.

Larry Pratt has debated Congressmen James Traficant, Jr. (D-OH), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), and Vice President Al Gore, among others.

Larry's columns have appeared in newspapers across the country.

Pratt published a book, Armed People Victorious, in 1990 and was editor of a book, Safeguarding Liberty: The Constitution & Militias, 1995.

Pratt's latest book is "On the Firing Line: Essays in the Defense of Liberty."

Pratt has held elective office in the state legislature of Virginia, serving in the House of Delegates. Pratt directs a number of other public interest organizations and serves as the Vice-Chairman of the American Institute for Cancer Research.

Larry Pratt is the Executive Director for Gun Owners of America, a national gun lobby with over 300,000 members. Either Larry Pratt or another GOA spokesman is available for press interviews.

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