Appeals court halts U.S. judge’s order banning aspect of D.C. gun enforcement

[TeddyR]

9. To follow up having read your post again

You do understand that Heller was about DC's gun control laws, correct? Here's the summary of the DC laws from Heller:

The District of Columbia generally prohibits the possession of handguns. It is a crime to carry an unregistered firearm, and the registration of handguns is prohibited. See D. C. Code §§7–2501.01(12), 7–2502.01(a), 7–2502.02(a)(4) (2001). Wholly apart from that prohibition, no person may carry a handgun without a license, but the chief of police may issue licenses for 1-year periods. See §§22–4504(a), 22–4506. District of Columbia law also requires residents to keep their lawfully owned firearms, such as registered long guns, “unloaded and dissembled or bound by a trigger lock or similar device” unless they are located in a place of business or are being used for lawful recreational activities. See §7–2507.02.1

And Heller was a cop who carried a gun for his job but was denied a registration certificate for a gun he wanted to keep at home. So to clarify my prior statement, DC citizens were only recently permitted to own handguns, yet hundreds of murders are committed each year by criminals with handguns. So yeah, DC has a criminal problem.