D.C. Councilman Phil Mendelson will propose today tweaking the District’s gun laws to repeal the ban on handguns and allow residents to register and possess working, loaded firearms in their homes.

The bill that Mendelson will introduce responds to the explicit orders in last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling — that District residents have the constitutional right to maintain a working handgun in the home for self-defense. It does not tackle questions raised by the court’s decision, such as whether the District, under the Second Amendment, can continue to outlaw semiautomatic firearms.