Comments on: Pondering the Once Imponderable (Another DC Gun Ban Blog Post) http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/06/27/pondering-the-once-imponderable-another-dc-gun-ban-blog-post/ <em>City Paper</em> Writers on News, Politics, the Media, the Arts, and More Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:53:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: D. L. Dotson http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/06/27/pondering-the-once-imponderable-another-dc-gun-ban-blog-post/#comment-186614 D. L. Dotson Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:08:40 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/06/27/pondering-the-once-imponderable-another-dc-gun-ban-blog-post/#comment-186614 Some pictures of Chief Lanier show her wearing eagle insignia like an army colonel. Others show her with the four stars of a general. Is this militarization of the police a good trend? Isn't it a little ridiculous to equate the chief of police position with that of a four star general? Wouildn't a badge that simply says "Chief" or a system of symbols not based on the military be more civil and appropriate? Some pictures of Chief Lanier show her wearing eagle insignia like an army colonel. Others show her with the four stars of a general. Is this militarization of the police a good trend? Isn’t it a little ridiculous to equate the chief of police position with that of a four star general? Wouildn’t a badge that simply says “Chief” or a system of symbols not based on the military be more civil and appropriate?

]]> By: Mike Licht http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/06/27/pondering-the-once-imponderable-another-dc-gun-ban-blog-post/#comment-184783 Mike Licht Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:00:54 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/06/27/pondering-the-once-imponderable-another-dc-gun-ban-blog-post/#comment-184783 The MPD gun registration language does not work post-Heller. We've only got 3 weeks to get it right. Let's get to work, people! See http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/dc-gun-license The MPD gun registration language does not work post-Heller.

We’ve only got 3 weeks to get it right. Let’s get to work, people!

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http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/dc-gun-license

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