Federal judge strikes down D.C. gun law as likely unconstitutional

A federal judge has ruled that a key provision of the District of Columbia’s new gun law is likely unconstitutional, ordering Washington police to stop requiring individuals to show “good reason” to obtain a permit to carry a firearm on the streets of the nation’s capital.

In imposing a preliminary injunction pending further litigation, US District Judge Richard Leon reignited a running battle over the Second Amendment in the District and its courts where three different judges have now weighed in with varying conclusions.

“The enshrinement of constitutional rights necessarily takes certain policy choices off the table,” Leon wrote in a 46-page opinion, quoting a 5-to-4 US Supreme Court decision in 2008 in another District of Columbia case that established a constitutional right to keep firearms in one’s home.

Leon said that the right applies both inside and outside the home.

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Federal judge strikes down D.C. gun law as likely unconstitutional

Federal judge strikes down D.C. gun law as likely unconstitutional

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