Legal Opinion
Heller v. District of Columbia
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 15, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2008-1289PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JAMES E. BOASBERG, United States District Judge
The District of Columbia knows gun violence. Notorious for a time as the “murder capital” of the United States, it recorded over 400 homicides annually in the early 1990s—more than one for every 1500 residents. While safety in the District has improved markedly in this millennium, residents will not soon forget the violence of the more recent past: the wounding of seven children outside the National Zoo on Easter Monday in 2000, the triple murder at Colonel Brooks’ Tavern in 2003, the five killed in the South Capitol Street…
2Cases cited50 opinions
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3Cited by9 opinions
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