The following legislative position pertains to D.C. weapons restrictions, but I think the principals of his position outline his views clearly.
To the dismay of the Washington, D.C., police chief and others who are trying to limit gun ownership in the nation's capital, Rep. Travis Childers is pressing legislation that would rollback restrictions.
Childers' bill is much more detailed. It would allow District of Columbia residents to own a wide variety of handguns and rifles - only sawed-off rifles, machine guns and short-barreled rifles would be banned.
It also would remove criminal penalties for anyone owning an unregistered gun.
But Doug Pennington, spokesman for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said the most controversial aspect of Childers' bill is that it would allow semiautomatic assault rifles on Washington's streets.