US EditionThe Trump administration is suing the District of Columbia over its gun laws
The DOJ contends D.C.'s ban on AR-15 style rifles violates the Second Amendment and criminalizes residents for registering common semiautomatic firearms, citing Supreme Court precedent.
- On Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil lawsuit in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia, naming Washington's Metropolitan Police Department and challenging D.C.'s gun regulations as unconstitutional.
- The Justice Department said it filed the case to defend rights guaranteed for 234 years and repeatedly reaffirmed by the Supreme Court, invoking the 2008 Heller precedent and federal jurisdiction under the 1994 federal crime law.
- According to the complaint, DOJ lawyers assert the District of Columbia bans registration of widely used semiautomatic firearms, including Colt AR-15 rifles, based on cosmetics or accessories.
- It's the second such suit this month, following a DOJ case against the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia attorney general is separately challenging a National Guard deployment in court.
- DOJ argues the District has gone too far limiting weapons, framing the suit as a test of the Supreme Court's Heller precedent and its 'in common use today' language for District of Columbia residents.
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