Sen. Rubio and Rep. Jordan Introduce Bill to End D.C.’s Strict Anti-Gun Laws

by Warner Todd Huston | March 27, 2015 1:51 pm

Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Ohio Representative Jim Jordan want to cancel Washington D.C.’s strict anti-gun laws and have introduced legislation to get the job done.

Of course, the District of Columbia is a federal enclave and is ultimately governed by the federal government. The local D.C. City Council is left to the day-to-day business, but they are NOT the final authority, Congress is.

So, for several years the D.C. Council has canceled the Second Amendment for local residents. This is what Rubio and Jordan want to reverse[1].

Two high-profile Republicans in Congress, Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) and Rep. Jim Jordan (Ohio), have introduced legislation that would undo the District’s gun laws, which are among the strictest in the nation.

If embraced by Republican leaders of the House and Senate, the legislation could force a Second Amendment showdown with President Obama just two years after he failed an attempt to win stricter gun control laws nationwide.

For the District, the legislation could amount to the most serious challenge to local governance in years. For three decades, the District’s liberal Democratic leadership prohibited any gun ownership in the city. The Supreme Court struck down that law in 2008.

Rubio, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, said the legislation is necessary to protect a fundamental right that all Americans should have — including residents of the nation’s capital.

“In order to achieve the American Dream, people need to be able to live in safe communities and be able to protect themselves, their families and their properties from danger,” Rubio said. “For years, the District of Columbia has infringed on its residents’ Second Amendment rights and rendered them vulnerable to criminals who could care less what the gun laws are.”

This would be a great move. I hope they achieve success. It is outrageous that the D.C. Council has canceled the Second Amendment this way.

Endnotes:
  1. This is what Rubio and Jordan want to reverse: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/sen-rubio-rep-jordan-propose-repealing-dc-gun-control-laws/2015/03/26/f8d3884a-d3e2-11e4-8fce-3941fc548f1c_story.html?wpisrc=al_alert

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