Curious to hear opinions on this.
A Kentucky first-term Congressman attached an amendment to a bill that would essentially block DC from enforcing their gun laws and would make DC have the minimum federal standards. Ironically, this would make DC's gun laws be more relaxed than the Congressman's own district in Kentucky. The Congressman also claimed DC's laws do not fit what the Supreme Court has ruled (which the laws have been ruled as "ok" every time in the federal judicial system).
I keep hearing the federal government's involvement is not a good thing though. And here is Congress trying to use their federal power to stamp out local laws they do not care for.
So which is it?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/house-votes-to-block-dc-gun-regulations-in-latest-challenge-to-city-laws/2014/07/16/62e11152-0d0b-11e4-8341-b8072b1e7348_story.html
A Kentucky first-term Congressman attached an amendment to a bill that would essentially block DC from enforcing their gun laws and would make DC have the minimum federal standards. Ironically, this would make DC's gun laws be more relaxed than the Congressman's own district in Kentucky. The Congressman also claimed DC's laws do not fit what the Supreme Court has ruled (which the laws have been ruled as "ok" every time in the federal judicial system).
I keep hearing the federal government's involvement is not a good thing though. And here is Congress trying to use their federal power to stamp out local laws they do not care for.
So which is it?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/house-votes-to-block-dc-gun-regulations-in-latest-challenge-to-city-laws/2014/07/16/62e11152-0d0b-11e4-8341-b8072b1e7348_story.html