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- It wasn't exactly the most uplifting news day here at DCist, so we've posted this photo of some adorable otters from the National Zoo to cheer you up. In Britain, otters are moving into towns and villages and totally hanging out and stuff, which is awesome. Please send city otters to D.C. kthxbai.
- Metro is finally getting with the program and demanding to make some money off of the presidential inauguration: General Manager John Catoe said the transit agency is now hoping to charge rush-hour fares all day on Inauguration Day, and regular parking fees in all Metro lots.
- The D.C. Council finally shot down Mayor Fenty's lottery contract proposal once and for all, in a 5-8 vote. City Desk has the liveblog.
- The Sports Bog notes that Redskins fans appear to know how to rig online polls. Can't say we're that surprised on that one.
- Mayor Fenty announced $3.8 million in federal funding to build nearly 60 units of housing in Ivy City.
- The Council voted to require five hours of gun safety training for all gun owners in the District.
- Looks like the Foggy Bottom escalators are out again.
- And finally, this feels like it's almost a joke, doesn't it? The Federal Reserve has cut interest rates to "to a range of zero to 0.25 percent" and "declared that it was ready to move to a new phase of monetary policy in which it prints vast amounts of money ..."
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Five hours of gun safety training. Are there any gun ranges in the city yet? I would imagine that they are going to need some gun clubs at which to do the training. That is, assuming you actually fire the weapon during training. If not, then the training won't be very effective, will it?
Proper gun safety training takes about 10 minutes, so I don't know what they're going to do with the leftover 4.5+ hours.
Most important gun safety rules:
1. Treat every firearm as a loaded firearm.
2. Only aim at a target if you intend to shoot the target.
3. Wear eye and ear protection.
Pretty straightforward.
Gun safety training? Look, man. I only need to know one thing: where they are.
We have otters on Roosevelt Island already. No need for imports.
really? i'm going to have to go out there after the first of the year and hunt for the cuteness.
i think i was an otter in a past life. but a sea otter...definitely a sea otter.
Mandatory gun training + Roosevelt Island Otters = otter pelt top hats for everyone.
These things look sweet when you're cruising through Ivy City on your pennyfarthing bike and getting stabbed by "Antwayne the Ripper." Take that, Whitechapel 'hos.
Metro wants rush hour fees.
It's only a matter of time before the DC Taxicab Commission demands double or triple rates for Inauguration Day.
It could be worse. At least the cops aren't doubling their kickback, protection. and hooker shakedown rates for Inauguration Day.
Yet.
Can I use cute otter pelts as payment in lieu of my SmartCard?
And watching the Council debate the merits of proper gun training was humorous. Do any of them actually know what they're talking about? Do any of them care? They should just come out and say their goal is to prevent residents from being able to exercise their Second Amendment rights. That would make the lawsuits easier.
Will the gun safety training include "machine guns"? You know, like semi-automatic pistols.
What kind of maniac uses a machine gun on an otter?
You're supposed to use shotguns.
I dunno about otters. I think I would rather have our city overrun with cute lil' baby wild boars like in Germany because you can't go wrong with bacon. Mmmm. And if they get out of hand just wrap a baby around one of them and baby eating marion barry will take care of it all.
And watching the Council debate the merits of proper gun training was humorous. Do any of them actually know what they're talking about?
Since when has being ignorant ever been a liability for a Councilmember? In DC, it's a positive boon. I'm just surprised that none of them let slip how many dead hookers they have in their quicklime pits back home.
I have no idea how that Marion Barry cannibalism rumor started, but technically he's never eaten a baby. He just jabs them with his stinger and he goes as limp as a boned fish. Then he has his way with them. That’s how he likes to feed. Fresh blood.
I'd find those otters cuter if they were actually ever awake when I visit the zoo. But no, every time I go they're curled up in tiny balls dozing away. I know how I'll be putting my gun training to use.
When Metro runs peak service, it costs them more. The agency is right to pass these costs onto us, the riders, or ask the inauguration folks for help.
Supid fat hobbitses! It ruins it! Spoil nice otter. Give it to usss rrraw...and wrrriggling! You keep nasty chips.
The rock and pool is nice and cool, so juicy sweet!
[WHACK]
otters sure can swim
i got an otter and i named it tim
i sure do admire him
i wanna be an otter
The Otter Song, by Too Much Joy
Sigh. I miss that band.
Will they have gun safety training for the rest of us non-gun owning citizens? Like how to run away when some 2nd Amendment-er pulls a gun because I scuffed his bumper during a fender-bender. One word--SERPENTINE!
Rest assured that a properly-trained Second Amender will mercifully put a bullet through your brain. Unlike your usual untrained DC thug who will empty an entire 20-round clip and only manage to hit one bystander, his mynah bird, and a set of wind chimes.
Just as uplifting as pictures of otters would be a picture of Otto from "Animal House."
Hey at least now residents will be able to properly defend there homes! Like this guy.
blittle, like the shout out to the Berliner Wunder Pigs. That's got to make the commute interesting?
Those guys belong in a snow globe.
With a panda.
And Mel Gibson.
I'm cool with the rush hour fee for Metro. However, charging for parking will be a nightmare. The people who are only using the metro that day (i.e. tourists and local suburbanites) won't know that the only way they can get out of the lot is to pay by SmarTrip card. So Metro should rethink that idea or they are going to have to replace a bunch of busted gate arms.
As far as the Council is concerned, the gun issue for me has become more one of fiscal and political irresponsibility than one of gun rights. I don't understand why they could not leave bad enough alone. Instead, they put in place expensive, but useless ballistics testing and set up a whole new slew of legal challenges. I guess they needed to give Nickles something to do.
Sordid, they can just sell those commemorative Obama Smartrip cards at the parking lots.
Can you imagine how many people will be standing on the left on the escalators during Obamrama time? That is, if any of the escalators will be running.
I booked my trip to Florida. I hope the rest of you have fun!
Will dcist be covering Metro's innauguralpocalypse from the trenches? Or should I say open-ditch latrines? Because ain't gonna be enough Port-o-lets to handle the mil-plus touristas, and Metro sure as hell ain't gonna let you use theirs.
Can't wait to watch it all fall apart on teevee. What a poignant juxtaposition of a rousing, call-to-arms innaugural speech and tourists packed like cattle freezing to death in their own waste. That's pretty much the global economy in a nutshell. All they need is to let loose the otters and have them run up people's pant legs.
"Are there any gun ranges in the city yet? I would imagine that they are going to need some gun clubs at which to do the training."
Well, if the current model for motorcycle endorsement on your driver's license is any indication, then probably not. If you want to get the motorcycle training necessary to get the endorsement (for new riders; if you can pass the demonstration test already, you're fine), there's no place in the District you can do that. The closest option is out at the NOVA campus in Alexandria.
I realize it's not quite comparing apples to apples here; but my point is that just because it's idiotic to not have a training center in the District that would be necessary for a District resident to receive a license to do a particular activity doesn't mean that they won't go ahead and require it anyway.
This whole mess could be fixed if DC just had a motorcycle licensing program that included firearms training. That way, people could learn to safely ride and shoot at the same time like they do in John Woo movies.
I nominate Michelle Yeoh as Director of Vehicular Firearms Safety.
Sign me up!
Hey at least now residents will be able to properly defend there homes!
I am training my attack otter now.
i just got the alanis morissette reference here.
i. am. slow.