Guns > D.C. May Be Compromising Already in D.C. v. Parker
Dave Kopel at Volokh via everybody.
The strategic implications of DC's decision are enormous. It appears that DC has decided that its long-gun self-defense ban is constitutionally indefensible. The most logical inference is that DC (despite statements by the Mayor at press conferences) has concluded that it cannot convince the Supreme Court that the Second Amendment is not an individual right. DC is retreating to position that the individual Second Amendment right is not violated by a handgun ban, as long as individuals can possess other guns.
Under current D.C. law the subjects can possess neither.
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