Jim Jordan on Gun Control Republican

Ban gun registration & trigger lock law in Washington DC.

• Nothing in any provision of law shall authorize the Mayor, or any governmental authority of the District of Columbia, to prohibit possessing firearms by a person who is allowed to possess firearms under federal law.
• Denies the District any authority to enact laws or regulations that discourage or eliminate the private ownership or use of firearms.
• Repeals the ban on semiautomatic weapons.
• Repeals the District's registration requirement for possession of firearms.
• Repeals the trigger lock law.
• Maintains the current ban on the possession and control of a sawed-off shotgun, machine gun, or short-barreled rifle.
• Eliminates criminal penalties for possessing an unregistered firearm.
• Specifies exceptions to the prohibition against carrying concealed weapons in the District. Source: D.C. Personal Protection Act (H.R.1399/S.1001) 2007-S1001 on Mar 27, 2007

  Allow reloading spent military small arms ammunition.

  Jordan signed Affordable Reloaded Munitions Supply (ARMS) Act

  Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from implementing any policy that would prevent or place undue restriction on the sale of intact spent military small arms ammunition casings to domestic manufacturers of small arms ammunition that are approved under trade security controls.

  Source: H.R.2193 2009-H2193 on Apr 30, 2009

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