This morning we reported on comments made by Mayor Adrian Fenty in which he argued that city residents may just have to deal with the gun law-gutting amendment if they want a voting seat in the House. D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton was quick to register her displeasure with Fenty’s comments; Council member Phil Mendelson (D-At Large) has now followed with a statement of his own. The chairman of the council’s Public Safety Committee argues that the amendment would allow violent offenders to obtain guns, result in the proliferation of assault-style weapons, limit the police department’s ability to arrest chronic gun offenders and make it difficult for police to trace guns used in crimes. “Residents of the District of Columbia should not have to choose between representation and public safety,” he says. “Now more than ever, we must stand united for a vote in Congress, and against this reckless assault on our safety. The Council and the region have called for a clean bill. There must be no gun amendment.”