The last time we checked in with Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), he was proposing a 535-person exemption to the District’s prohibition on concealed guns so that legislators could protect themselves from criminals and crazed constituents. Needless to say, that didn’t fly. But Gohmert is at it again, this time trying to impose a concealed carry law upon the city.

This morning, the House Judiciary Committee will consider legislation that would allow residents of states with concealed carry laws to carry concealed guns in other states that similarly allow it. But beyond simple reciprocity, the law would also create a singular exception for the District, allowing, say, a Texan with a concealed weapon permit to carry their concealed gun in the city, despite it being forbidden by local gun regulations.

Predictably, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton isn’t happy with yet another congressional intrusion into local affairs, especially tinkering with post-Heller gun regulations that have been found to be constitutionally sound by two courts to date.

“[Republicans] are trying to undo D.C.’s local gun laws only days after a federal appeals court upheld the constitutionality of the city’s laws. We do not intend to let this happen,” Norton said in a statement. “We will work with Senate Democratic leadership to eliminate the Gohmert amendment and with gun safety allies in the Senate, whose states will be affected by the dangerous underlying bill. However, if the Senate passes the bill with the Gohmert amendment included in it, we will ask the President to veto the bill.”

Councilmember Phil Mendelson (D-At Large), who chairs the D.C. Council’s Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary and recently proposed lightening up on regulations on gun stores, warned against Gohmert’s move.

“Gun regulation is especially important in the District of Columbia given the presence of all elected federal government officials as well as the diplomatic community, and given that the District is a known target for terrorism,” he said.

Congressional Republicans have long sought to gut the District’s gun laws, and one attempt by former Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) sunk legislation that would have given the city a full voting seat in the House. Gohmert holds a particularly special place in our hearts, though, having long pretended to represent our interests on the Hill.