Smith v. Government of the District of Columbia

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MAGGIE SMITH et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Case No. 15-737 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION To stem the tide of violent crime, the District of Columbia has spent decades enacting some of the strictest gun control measures in the country. But despite these laudable ends, the District’s means have precipitated repeated tugs-of-war against law-abiding citizens, with the federal courts as the referee and the Second Amendment as the touchstone. The District has not been on a winning streak. In 2008, the Supreme Court…