Gun ban repeal looks like a sure shotBy MIKE RUPERTExaminer Staff WriterThe District is inching closer to getting its nearly 30-year ban on handguns and semiautomatic weapons yanked by Congress.The House voted 259-161 Thursday to approve an amendment allowing loaded shotguns, rifles and handguns registered before 1976 to be kept in homes and businesses. The amendment was added during debate on the D.C. appropriations bill, which was expected to pass late Thursday night.The amendment, introduced by Rep. Mark Edward Souder, R-Ind., passed with 50 Democrats - nearly a quarter of the caucus - voting in favor."Being allowed to protect...