3 years ago
WASHINGTON (AP) - The DC government will appeal to the Supreme Court to defend its 30-year-old ban on most handguns. Mayor Adrian Fenty's office says the city's ban on most handguns can and should be defended.
Washington's gun law bars residents from keeping handguns in their homes and carrying a gun without a license. Registered firearms must be kept unloaded and disassembled.
In March, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals sided with six district residents who sued to be able to keep their guns for self defense. The decision repealed much of the city's handgun ban, but the ban stays in place through the appeals process.
The city's sweeping gun ban is matched only by Chicago among large U.S. cities.
If the high court takes up the case, it would mark the first time in 70 years that justices will consider the breadth of the Second Amendment.
