Norton Thanks McGovern for Defeating Amendment Repealing D.C. Gun Violence Prevention Laws and Prohibiting D.C. from Regulating Guns in Future

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Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked the Committee on Rules, led by Chair James McGovern (D-MA), for defeating an amendment that would have repealed many of the District of Columbia's gun violence prevention laws, including its bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and its universal background check requirement, and would have prohibited the D.C. Council from passing similar laws in the future. The amendment, filed by Representative Ted Budd (R-NC) to the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, was defeated last Friday.

"Thank you to Chair James McGovern, a strong supporter of D.C. statehood and home rule, for defeating Representative Ted Budd's amendment that would have wiped out many of the District's gun violence prevention laws," Norton said. "This dangerous amendment was a reminder that, until D.C. has statehood, D.C.'s laws are subject to the whims of Congress, and they are at serious risk if Republicans take over Congress next year."

The Budd amendment was the first bill or amendment filed in the House or Senate in more than three years that would have repealed D.C. gun laws. Prior to that, Republicans in the House and Senate routinely filed such bills and amendments, and Norton defeated each one.

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