Again proving that members of Congress know what’s best for full-time residents of the District, Congressional Republicans have again hatched a plan to use their constitutional authority over D.C. to overturn the city’s stringent, yet overwhelmingly popular gun laws.

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) announced yesterday that she had introduced the cynically-named “District of Columbia Personal Protection Act of 2005,” which would overturn the Firearms and Control Regulations Act of 1975, the law which banned ownership of handguns in the District. The law would also prevent the City Council from considering any future legislation that would limit gun ownership. Joined by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) and Sen. George Allen (R-Va.), Hutchison claimed to have 30 co-sponsors, and expected 20 more. Similar legislation was introduced in the House on March 14 by Rep. Mark Edward Souder (R-Ind.), and currently has 128 co-sponsors.

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