Legal Opinion
Smith v. Government of the District of Columbia
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 29, 2021No. Civil Action No. 2015-0737Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MAGGIE SMITH, et al., Plaintiffs, V. Case No. 1:15-cv-00737-RCL DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION The District of Columbia is no stranger to challenges to its gun laws. After the Supreme ‘Court struck down a District law banning all handgun possession, see District of Columbia v. Heller,
554 U.S. 570
(2008), the District has been stuck in a back-and-forth with residents and non-residents alike who seek to register and carry firearms. Important to this case are a trio of the District’s laws:
D.C. Code § 22-4504, the ban…
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