senator jamie raskin, a democrat from montgomery county says he plans to introduce the bill this year. it would require courts to order abusers to hand over their firearms to federally licensed arms dealers. more than a dozen states have strengthened laws to keep firearms out of the hands of domestic abusers. a batting is brewing over protected bike lanes in the eastern part of d.c. it was a packed house in the shaw neighborhood as d-dot went over several options for a new north-south route. it would run on fifth, sixth and ninth street between new york and pennsylvania avenues. some churches are concerned because they use a lane on those roads for parking. the bike lanes could mean spaces would be lost. >> the concern is that the city is being made over for the convenience of newcomers. >> it's a public street and it should be for public use and parking can be part of that. i think a lot of this corridor in particular has an option where we can preserve parking on sundays. >> today's meeting was the beginning of several public meetings on the project. no action is expected until at l

senator jamie raskin, a democrat from montgomery county plans to introduce the bill this year. it would require courts to order abusers to transfer firearms to federally licensed armed dealers. states have recently strengthened firearms to keep them out of the hands after boozers. >> it is the best way to get from point a. to point b. and the new plan to add miles of protected lanes is not setting well with everybody. people got a map that show where the lanes would go. but some aren't happy with those plans. >> reporter: it is one of the issues that you wouldn't think would be contentious but propose a new protected bike lane in d.c. and you get a roomful, pro and con. >> any one of these alternatives other than the no-bill would have negative impact. >> reporter: the alternatives studied between new york avenue and pennsylvania avenue include a protected bike lane on fifth, sixth on ninth street or leaving things as they are. the travel from cars and bikes is already heavy. >> we're looking at how to balance different demands. >> an issue that came to the fore has been about