WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has upheld the gun-control law in the District of Columbia, which bans assault weapons and large-capacity magazines while imposing registration requirements for handguns and long guns.
In a ruling Thursday, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said the city seeks to combat gun violence and promote public safety and that the current law does so in a constitutionally permissible manner.
The District of Columbia previously had one of the most strict gun control laws in the nation, but it was struck down in 2008 when the Supreme Court concluded that that the Second Amendment protects handgun possession for self-defense in the home.
The law upheld Thursday seeks to accommodate that constitutional right while also protecting the community from gun violence.
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It’s too bad Shitburner got his worthless ass banned. He’d be in here screaming with fury over this one.
But it would be HELPLESS fury.
[laugh, laugh, laugh, laugh]
How’s the DC very restrictive gun laws are working for you, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg? It looks like the more stringent they get, the more violence you get but hey, thick skulled people will never get it.
Largest Gun Study in the US concludes:
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301409?journalCode=ajph:
More Guns = More Violence
In Wash DC, gun-related deaths were under 100 for the first time in decades in 2012. Duh.
Has anyone checked to see how the guns feel about this? No one ever thinks of the guns. The sweet, sweet, guns…
And yet, that’s not supported by facts. The states with the loosest gun laws tend to be the ones with the most gun violence.
Of course, D.C. isn’t a state, so perhaps cause and effect doesn’t apply there.