New Congress takes first whack at D.C. gun laws

[RamboLiberal]

The first concrete attempt to undo city gun laws has hit the congressional hopper: Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) have introduced the "Second Amendment Enforcement Act," which is largely the same as a measure that failed to gain support in the previous, Democratic-controlled Congress.

With the new Republican majority in the lower house, the bill will likely encounter few obstacles from the chamber's leadership. Jordan is the leader of the influential Republican Study Committee. Ross takes over as lead Democratic sponsor of the bill from Travis Childers (D-Miss.), who was defeated in November.

The bill, per a release from Ross' office, "would repeal the D.C. semiautomatic gun ban, restore the right of self defense in the home, authorize D.C. residents to purchase firearms and ammunition, repeal overly-restrictive registration requirements and ensure that firearms may be transported and carried for legitimate purposes."

In other words, District residents would encounter far fewer obstacles to purchasing and keeping a gun in the city. A Washington Post analysis of city records published on Monday showed that city residents have registered more than 1,400 firearms since July 2008, when handgun ownership was allowed for the first time in some 40 years pursuant to a Supreme Court ruling.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/debonis/2011/02/congress_takes_first_whack_at.html

[Hoopla Phil]

1. Good. n/t

[GreenStormCloud]

2. 50% of the Senate has NRA "A" rating. N/T

[PavePusher]

3. To quote Mr. Burns...

E-e-e-e-excellent....!

[beevul]

4. The march continues.

Nice.


Contact Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.) and thank him for his efforts.

"District Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) assailed the measure in a release of her own today. She vowed to fight the measure: "They underestimate our residents if they think this city will tolerate autocratic rule from Congress any more than the Jordan and Ross districts would tolerate dictatorship from Congress on local matters," Norton said."

Good grief. :rofl:


Only in the anti-gun mind, can allowing more individual freedom be characterized as "autocratic rule from Congress".


Unbelievable.

[elleng]

5. Right. Nothing like Taxation without Representation.

:sarcasm:

[lawodevolution]

6. This is great news. It would be nice if we could eliminate these oppressive gun laws across the

Nation. My prediction is that laws designed to suppress gun ownership will fall like dominos while laws that don't really oppress law abiding citizens like background checks and other laws directed at only the badguys will continue to exist.