City Desk: Loose Lips Daily

PRAYING OVER GUNS: D.C. Activists held a pray-in on the Hill to protest a bill that would gut the city's gun laws. D.C. Wire's Mike DeBonis reports: "The targeting of Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) was organized by D.C. Vote and featured three clergy members -- the Rev. Dr. E. Gail Anderson Holness, president of the Council of Churches of Greater Washington; the Rev. Mark A. Schaefer, a Methodist chaplain at American University; and Roger Burns of the Friends Meeting of Washington. They were joined by D.C. Vote Executive Director Ilir Zherka and Outreach Director Eugene D. Kinlow. The bill in question was co-introduced last month by Tester and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and would 'make it easier to buy guns and ammunition in the District and to repeal local registration and firearm storage requirements,' according to an article by The Post's Ann E. Marimow....The protesters arrived at Tester's offices in the Hart Senate Office Building shortly before 9:30 and waited in the lobby for about 30 minutes. The five stood in a circle, taking turns saying prayers as receptionists typed and answered calls. Once he arrived, Tester spoke outside with the activists for about 10 minutes." Key graph(s): "Tester was polite but noncommittal. 'I appreciate the perspective,' he told them. 'If I'm going to be right straight honest with you, we can agree to disagree. I get the local control stuff. I appreciate that. The 2nd Amendment stuff is a little more firm in my soul because of where it is in the Constitution.' Holness pressed Tester on whether or not he might decide to withdraw his support of the bill. 'Gosh, no, I can't,' the senator said." I get the local control stuff. Thanks, asshole.

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