Senate legislation aims at stripping District gun laws

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Sen. John McCain and another U.S. senator on Tuesday introduced a bill that would strip the District of most of its gun laws, one week after the House of Representatives abandoned a D.C. voting bill because similar gun provisions were attached.

McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., have sponsored the Second Amendment Enforcement Act, which would repeal the District’s gun registration requirements and allow D.C. residents to purchase ammunition from outside the city. The bill also would restrict the D.C. Council’s power to regulate firearms, by putting under federal control the city’s laws on semiautomatic weapons and gun storage.

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