The nation’s capital is “under the gun” from the National Rifle Association and Republican lawmakers, the congresswoman who represents Washington, D.C., said Tuesday.

Speaking to a crowd of gun safety advocates, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton Eleanor Holmes NortonShakespeare Theatre Company goes virtual for 'Will on the Hill...or Won't They?' DeJoy defends Postal Service changes at combative House hearing DC delegate highlights effects of Postal Service quagmire on community MORE (D-D.C.) warned that Washington, D.C., is under attack from GOP legislation that would weaken the city’s strict gun laws.

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The Second Amendment Enforcement Act, introduced last week by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), would strike down many of the hurdles gun owners face in the District.

But gun safety advocates in Congress won’t go down without a fight.

“We feel that we are under the gun of the NRA,” Holmes Norton said. “We in the District of Columbia have very strong gun laws and have to fight to keep them.”

Republicans are challenging the gun laws in Washington, D.C., as an unconstitutional violation of the Second Amendment.

The Rubio-Jordan gun bill would expand concealed carry laws and shoot down the gun registry in the nation’s capital, among other things.

“For far too long, the District of Columbia has denied law-abiding citizens their constitutional right to self-protection,” NRA spokeswoman Jennifer Baker told The Hill.

But the White House and Democrats like Holmes Norton have come out strongly against the legislation, which they say would endanger the city’s residents and visitors.

“We’re talking about the nation’s capital,” she said. “Every day our streets are flooded with foreign dignitaries and high-ranking public officials.”

Washington, D.C., is the “epicenter” of what Holmes Norton sees as a larger effort by Republicans to roll back gun safety laws around the country.

She said she will continue fighting for expanded background checks on gun owners, bans on assault rifles and high-capacity magazines and restrictions for criminals who have been convicted of domestic violence.

“There is still work to do on gun safety,” Holmes Norton said.

“There are lots of us in the Capitol who are members of Congress who have not given up,” she added.