The 51st State and the 2nd Amendment

Published September 30, 2004 3:01am ET



YESTERDAY at 2:58 p.m. the House of Representatives passed the “District of Columbia Personal Protection Act.” Floor debate was stunning, often managing to simultaneously defy the rules of logic and of constitutional law.

For the convenience of Daily Standard readers, appended below is a Cliff’s Notes-style summary of what happened in and around the House side of the Capitol yesterday afternoon. We’re not going to write your paper for you, so you’ll have to draw your own conclusions, but here’s the play-by-play.

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