WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia’s ban on carrying handguns outside the home is unconstitutional, a federal judge has ruled.
In a 19-page ruling made public Saturday, U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Scullin concluded that the Second Amendment gives people the right to carry a gun outside the home for self-defense.
The lawsuit challenging the city’s ban on carrying handguns outside the home was filed in 2009 by three District of Columbia residents, a New Hampshire resident and the Washington state-based Second Amendment Foundation. It came shortly after the city rewrote its gun laws following a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down the city’s 32-year-old ban on handguns in 2008.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/dc-gun-provision-struck-down-109414.html#ixzz38i1Wdr00
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