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Various rifles are on display for sale at The Gun Center in Frederick, Md. It is not rifles and rifle ammunition that are causing the surplus in business, it is handguns and handgun ammunniton, Friday, April 17, 2009. Photo By: MATTHEW A. ROTH

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson has introduced legislation that would allow prosecutors to offer "administrative dispositions" to nonresidents accused of possessing unregistered firearms or ammunition, allowing them to avoid criminal convictions.  (Matthew A. Roth photo)

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson has introduced legislation that would allow prosecutors to offer "administrative dispositions" to nonresidents accused of possessing unregistered firearms or ammunition, allowing them to avoid criminal convictions. (Matthew A. Roth photo)