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D.C.'s police chief expects to issue concealed carry permits after the application process opens later this month, despite concerns from Second Amendment advocates that the law is too restrictive.

At a Council hearing on the License to Carry a Pistol Amendment Act, created in response to a court ruling that found D.C.'s ban on carrying handguns in public to be unconstitutional, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier suggested three changes to the law as written.

Lanier wants the bill to limit the concealed carry of handguns on the grounds and in the parking areas of government buildings, and doesn't want taxi drivers to be able to carry while transporting passengers. The bill currently prohibits carrying handguns in certain buildings, like schools and bars, and on public transportation.

Much more complicated is the limiting of carrying near motorcades and the process through which people with permits should be notified.

"Licensees will be required to know about law," Lanier said, adding that pedestrian movement and traffic is limited when motorcades are going through an area. "It's a very visible shutdown."

Lanier said that police should not have to notify a person with a concealed carry permit verbally that they cannot carry near motorcades or well-publicized events that prohibit guns. "Event organizers should not have to hire police officers to say guns are prohibited," she said.

The question of licensing people with mental illnesses was also a sticking point.

In addition to searching national and local databases, Arthur Parker from the Office of the Attorney General said the city will rely on self-disclosure to discover mental illnesses that would prohibit concealed carry.

"I wish i could tell you there's some guarantee, but there's not," Lanier told Councilmember Yvette Alexander of keeping guns out of the hands of people with a dangerous mental illness.

Under the bill, applicants will have to prove they have a "legitimate need" to carry a handgun in public. This would not include living in a neighborhood where crime is common, but being the victim of stalking would be a legitimate reason, according to officials.

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Editor, Gazette-Journal:

Not everyone supports the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. U.N. Resolution 2117 (U.N. Small Arms Treatywhich all members signed except Russia) lists 21 points dealing with firearms control and #11 calls for member states to support weapons collection and disarmament of all U.N. countries (which includes America). The U.S. Senate Amendment 139 to this resolution was added to Uphold Second Amendment rights and prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. It passed the Senate 53-46. Sen. Warner voted against this amendment to uphold Second Amendment rights.

Senate Bill 744Immigration Reform grants immediate legal status for most illegal immigrants in the U.S. An amendment was proposed by Sen. Paul to first Secure the Border before processing provisional immigrants. Sen. Warner voted with Sen. Reid to kill this amendment.

You may agree or disagree with these votes on gun rights and border security, but it is important to know that politicians on both sides say what you want to hear, but often vote differently with a host of excuses why. It is important to track the voting records of each of your representatives in the House and Senate, contact them often, and then decide if they represent your principles and if you can support them during election time. The same is true for our Virginia General Assembly. American self-governance means that our representatives answer to the people. However, it requires diligence of the people.

Do your homework and vote your principles, not your party. Start with a search of http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov or just Google questions about bills or U.N. resolutions you have heard or read about and begin your search for truth. No computer? Ask your kids or grandkids to help and take a trip to the library; it will be a good lesson in civics for all. Dont count on Super PACs, lobbyists and politicians to spin their version for you. Decide for yourself.

Ruth Litschewski

Port Haywood, Va.

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Letter: Its not what they say, its how they vote

Dear Editor: Scott Walker is endorsed with an A+ rating by the NRA; he will protect your Second Amendment Rights. He signed Wisconsin's "concealed carry" law, making it clear you can protect yourself in public, and the "castle doctrine" law, making it clear you can protect yourself in your home. He supports the state constitutional amendment guaranteeing your right to keep and bear arms, and supports Wisconsin's hunting heritage.

Mary Burke will give us the same extremist Democrat ideology, more gun control, no enforcement of the laws on the books, budget deficits, less private-sector jobs, higher taxes. Burke shares Obama's "hope and change" philosophy, which tested becomes "despair and lawlessness."

Scott Walker cut taxes, reforms that give the average family an extra $322 to spend. Walker revealed his platform for a second term: more tax cuts, continue the freeze on UW System and technical college tuition, replace Common Core academic standards with an in-state alternative. Wisconsin's voter ID law is backed by Walker as well as drug testing for anyone requesting unemployment or food stamps. Taxpayers who pay the bill for those needing help want assurance those who seek help take steps to help themselves.

Sallie Helmer

Ripon

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Hollywoods Brad Pitt, born in Oklahoma and raised in Missouri, said hes not only a committed pro-Second Amendment rights American, but hes also owned a gun since he was a kid.

Theres a rite of passage where I grew up of inheriting your ancestors weapons, said Mr. Pitt, 50, The Independent reported. My brother got my dads. I got my grandfathers shotgun when I was in kindergarten.

Mr. Pitt said he was first given an air gun and then the shotgun, all by age 6. And by the time he was 8 years old, he had already fired his first handgun, he said, Fox News reported.

Mr. Pitt who recently traded wedding vows with longtime, live-in girlfriend Angelina Jolie said he doesnt really feel safe in his home, with his wife and their six children, unless he has a gun nearby.

The positive is that my father instilled in me a profound and deep respect for the weapon, Mr. Pitt said, Fox News reported.

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Love the outdoors and being Minnesotan pilotnews@pilotindependent.com The Pilot Independent

I received a mailing urging me to vote for Stewart Mills because he loves the outdoors and respects the Second Amendment. I, too, love the outdoors and respect the Second Amendment.

I have a conceal/carry permit. I hunt deer and small game. I manage our 260 acres of woodlands for healthy habitat for game animals and other wildlife, including the golden wing warbler. Fortunately, our private right to bear arms already has been secured by the decision of the US Supreme Court.

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