{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.paul.senate.gov/news-sen-rand-paul-introduce-defend-our-capital-act-2015/", "Sen. Rand Paul to Introduce Defend Our Capital Act of 2015", "2015-11-19", "2015", "2015-11", "Republican", "Senate", "KY", "Rand Paul", "P000603", "www.paul.senate.gov", "paul", "https://www.paul.senate.gov/news/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul announced plans to introduce the Defend Our Capital Act of 2015 in the coming days. This legislation would remove existing restrictive firearm ownership laws in the District of Columbia, and require the District of Columbia to issue and grant reciprocity for concealed weapons permits for both residents and non-residents.\n\n\u201cFor too long the Americans who live in and visit their nation\u2019s capital have been prevented from defending themselves and their loved ones. No longer should our citizens have to choose between safety or visiting Washington, D.C.,\u201d Sen. Paul said.\n\nTop-line bullet points and background information for the Defend Our Capital Act of 2015 can be found below.\n\nBACKGROUND INFORMATION\n\n\u00b7 Requires the District of Columbia to begin issuing concealed weapons permits for both residents and non-residents.\n\n\u00b7 Requires the District of Columbia to grant reciprocity of concealed weapons permits issued by other states and commonwealths.\n\n\u00b7 Eliminates existing District of Columbia laws that restrict firearms and ammunition ownership.\n\n\u00b7 Allows for national reciprocity of conceal and carry weapons permits between states and for carry by active duty military.\n\n\u00b7 Allows for the carrying of firearms on public, non-sensitive areas of federal property.\n\n\u00b7 Allows for the purchase of firearms across state lines.\n\nNo related posts.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T20:30:58Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.paul.senate.gov/news-sen-rand-paul-introduce-defend-our-capital-act-2015/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4682149048894644, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}