CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Column: Rubio trying to restore 2nd Amendment rights of Washington DC residents.

Washington D.C. residents have never had any real Second Amendment rights, in a city where the violent crime rate is more than three times the national average, according to FBI’s Uniform Crime Report data.

Unless a resident has money and/or political influence, the ability to legally carry a firearm for self-defense is something most will never attain.

Each concealed carry permit must be personally approved by the chief of police, and the applicant must prove that their life is in danger.

The last count I saw — eight permits had been issued. Maybe by now they’re up to nine.

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, want to restore the Second Amendment right of the District’s 658,893 residents, through the aptly titled bill “The Second Amendment Enforcement Act of 2015.”

Always nice to see civil rights legislation advance, despite all the hate in DC.