D.C. Council passes emergency anti-crime bill

The D.C. Council on Tuesday adopted an emergency anti-crime bill that further tightens the city’s gun laws, raises mandatory minimum sentences for certain felonies and criminalizes riding in a vehicle where there is an illegal firearm.

What the measure, offered by at-large Councilman Phil Mendelson, does not do is institute any new measures for tackling a growing gang problem ahead of the traditionally violent summer. That led several council members to oppose what they deemed toothless and watered-down legislation.