It seeks "an effective national gun policy" that would "keep handguns out of the wrong hands."
The argument that the Second Amendment protects the right of District citizens to keep handguns in their homes ignores other realities and usurps common sense.
Now a federal appeals court for the District of Columbia has struck down a gun control law that bars Washington residents from keeping handguns in their homes.
Even in the open countryside where he lived, close to woods and water, he knew of no one who kept handguns.
The Skeltons kept handguns in both of their California homes because of prowlers.
In the meantime, the obligation of society is to keep handguns and children absolutely apart.
Iraqis will still be allowed to keep handguns, rifles and shotguns.
While America should do more to keep handguns away from criminals, the Brady and Staggers bills, which share that objective, are insufficient.
An improvement of the Brady bill that I intend to offer as legislation would do more than both to keep handguns out of criminals' hands.
A bill before the Texas House would treat personal vehicles like homes, where people are entitled to keep handguns without a license.