Here’s more on the erosion of the District’s attempts to limit access to guns in the city via WJLA:
It’s the second time in recent years that the District’s strict gun laws have been reversed by the courts for violating the Second Amendment; a 2008 Supreme Court ruling tossed out D.C.’s ban on handgun ownership altogether, however a federal appeals court in 2011 did uphold gun registration requirements.
Saturday’s ruling was the culmination of a five-year legal challenge by gun law opponents against the District, which the judge noted is the only jurisdiction in the nation to currently impose a total ban on carrying guns in public. The lawsuit was brought by several District residents and non-residents, all of whom said they wanted to carry handguns for self-defense but were denied gun carry permits.
Elliot Hannon is a writer in Washington, D.C. Follow him on Twitter
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