Submission + - DC circuit strikes down Washington DC handgun ban
-=Moridin=- writes: "A panel of the DC circuit today struck down
the District's law that has denied new handgun permits since the
1970s and forces current owners to keep them disassembled, ruling
2-1 the law violates the Second Amendment. This is a significant
decision, as the DC Circuit is generally considered to rank second
only to the Supreme Court in terms of authority, and the Mayor of DC
has stated that the District will appeal. For decades, the Supreme
Court has avoided cases that would force it to rule on the scope of
the Second Amendment. Will this be the case that the Supreme Court
can't refuse?"