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<DIV><FONT color=#ff0066 size=3><STRONG>Click below to tell
Congress to protect our Nation's Capital by opposing H.R. 6691, a
bill that would recklessly weaken D.C.'s gun
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<DIV><BR><FONT size=3>Congress is considering a reckless piece of
legislation that would eviscerate gun controls in the District of
Columbia, ignoring the democratic rights of the residents of the
nation's capital and making it harder for the police to protect
streets traveled by ordinary people, lawmakers, judges, diplomats
and dignitaries. The bill, which seems headed toward passage in
the House, is advertised by its supporters as a necessary response
to the Supreme Court ruling in June that struck down the
district's 32-year-old ban on possessing handguns in the home. It
is nothing of the sort. The City Council has already passed
temporary changes to comply with the ruling and is working on
permanent revisions.</FONT>
<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV><BR><FONT size=3>This extreme
bill goes way beyond what the high court required. Among other
things, it would repeal a ban on semiautomatic assault weapons and
eliminate firearm registration requirements, even for such things
as sniper rifles and small, easily concealed semiautomatic
handguns. Under the lunatic logic of this bill, made to order for
the gun lobby, such rifles could be toted around on the street
fully loaded.</FONT>
<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV><BR><FONT size=3>The bill is
a gross trampling on the right of the district to govern itself,
but it is far more than that. At a hearing on Monday,
Representative Henry Waxman, chairman of the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform, said the bill would make it
harder to protect government officials and the thousands of
foreign dignitaries who spend time in Washington each year.<BR>The
district's police chief, Cathy Lanier, and the chief of the
Capitol Police, Philip Morse, expressed similar concerns. Chief
Lanier testified about the difficulty of safeguarding official
motorcades and government institutions and personnel should the
measure go into effect. (The Bush administration would not permit
officials of the Secret Service and the U.S. Marshals Service to
testify.)
<DIV> </DIV><BR>The bill currently has the support of about
50 Democrats and most Republicans, so it will be hard to stop
approval in the House. Many members, running for re-election in
communities that are heavily opposed to gun control, simply will
not challenge the National Rifle Association.
<DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><FONT size=3>There is a substitute
bill being offered by the district's delegate, Eleanor Holmes
Norton, which would simply direct the city to comply with the
Supreme Court ruling. We hope Mr. Waxman's committee approves it.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could then help strengthen the position
and resolve of opponents of the gun lobby's bill, and perhaps
increase its chances of being killed in the Senate, by rallying
support for the
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