Gun Policy News
Washington DC Council Drafts Legislation to Remove More Gun Control
14 September 2008
Washington Post
D.C. officials, coping with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that threw out the city's handgun ban, have drafted legislation that would do away with several remaining firearms restrictions, including safe-storage requirements and a provision that bars ownership of semiautomatic pistols.
The legislation could come up for a vote in the D.C. Council as early as Tuesday — the same day the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on a bill that would virtually end... (GunPolicy.org)