hilders gets win in House over D.C. guns

[ryanmercer]

WASHINGTON — Rep. Travis Childers notched his first major legislative win Wednesday when the House approved his amendment to reverse a 32-year ban on gun ownership in the nation's capital.

The amendment was approved on a 266-152 vote. It follows a Supreme Court decision declaring the District of Columbia's gun ban - imposed in 1976 - unconstitutional.

Childers' legislation, an amendment to narrower legislation by the District's Democratic delegate in Congress, Eleanor Holmes Norton, would allow sales of a wide range of guns and ammunition. It also would overturn a D.C. law requiring firearms kept in the home be locked up and inoperable and would relax registration requirements.

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Too bad the Senate won't touch this before the session is up.