Eric Fingerhut reports:
Seventeen Jewish organizations are among 32 faith-based groups which have signed a letter to Congress opposing “in the strongest terms” any amendment to the Washington, D.C. voting rights bill that would “undermine the District’s ability to regulate firearms.” The letter, organized by the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, states that “we believe duly-elected District officials should have a fair and reasonable opportunity to develop and implement new locally specific regulations. It would be unconscionable of the House of Representatives to approve such an amendment and impose its will on the residents of the District of Columbia.” Many of the same groups — which include the Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist movements, the Anti-Defamation League, the American Jewish Commitee and Hadassah, among others — signed an almost identical letter to the Senate last month, which attached an amendement to the final legislation repealing most of D.C.’s gun control laws.
Why are the Jews picking a fight with the Gun Lobby and the law abiding citizens of the District whose Second Amendment rights have been violated for some three decades? Are there not enough real problems confronting the Jewish community? A nuclear armed Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, Bernie Madoff, and these people are inserting themselves into the issue of DC voting rights? The Jewish Lobby is completely out of control.
