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| DCist is a website about Washington, D.C. MoreEditor: Sommer Mathis
Publisher: Gothamist ... |
Friday, August 01, 2008 --- 20 days ago http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=5a88728ae6fdc8f4c37f9391e7ebbb29
 We expect this from Rep. Mark Edward Souder (R-Ind.), but Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi? Say it ain't so. The Hill is reporting that Pelosi may allow legislation to come to a vote that would do away with the city's current ban on semi-automatic guns, trash the registration requirement for all guns and allow District residents to purchase guns in Virginia and Maryland and bring them into the city. But in a surprising twist, the measure she's thinking of putting to a vote isn't the usual effort by Souder and his Republican allies -- they recently tried again to gut the District's gun laws -- but one put together by a group of Blue Dog Democrats. What gives? Election-year politics. Apparently the NRA threatened to use its considerable resources against vulnerable conservative Democrats if they didn't side with Souder's legislation. Instead of jumping on his bandwagon, they decided instead to put forth their own proposal -- and Pelosi seems to be looking to allow a vote so she can save them their seats come November. Supporters of the legislation are claiming that they've been given a commitment of a mid-September vote. No, no, no! We understand the tough position Pelosi is in, but this is one issue she should speak up on. She's long been a friend of D.C. voting rights, and it's just not right that she'd be willing to trample on the principle of local rule just to head off threats from the NRA against a few Blue Dogs. Yes, the D.C ... |
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