"Forget new gun control: Citing Orlando, House may roll back existing D.C. gun laws" [View all]

[TeddyR]

The mayor of the District of Columbia argued last week that assault rifles are “only meant to devastate humans,” and that following the massacre in Orlando, Congress must “finally do something” about guns.

However, it’s safe to say that this is not what Mayor Muriel E. Bowser, a Democrat, had in mind:

As the Senate voted down several gun-control measures Monday evening, House Republicans introduced measures that would effectively wipe out existing gun-control laws in the District, which are among the country’s most restrictive.

So this raises a lot of issues other than just gun control, like the fact that DC's citizens don't get to decide their own laws. Another nugget in bold that I wasn't aware of from the article:

The measures, known as “riders,” are a frequent tool that conservative federal lawmakers use to dictate spending on social and criminal justice programs in the District, where most voters are Democrats. In recent years, the House has voted to keep the area from using its local revenue to fully implement a successful ballot measure to legalize marijuana. The House also perennially uses a rider to block the District from using its tax dollars to subsidize abortions for low-income residents.

The rest is here - https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/forget-new-gun-control-citing-orlando-house-may-roll-back-existing-dc-gun-laws/2016/06/21/c25f8286-3792-11e6-8f7c-d4c723a2becb_story.html