The Supreme Court has announced that it will take on Heller v. District of Columbia, the D.C. handgun case, and decide whether our city’s ban on handguns violates the Constitution.
The Court will likely hear the case sometime in March, with a decision to come later in the session. The case will mark the first time the Court has taken up the meaning of the Second Amendment in almost 70 years, and the decision could have wide-ranging implications for gun restriction laws all over the country.
Via SCOTUSBlog, here’s the question the Court will be considering, which they wrote for themselves:
“Whether the following provisions — D.C. Code secs. 7-2502.02(a)(4), 22-4504(a), and 7-2507.02 — violate the Second Amendment rights of individuals who are not affiliated with any state-regulated militia, but who wish to keep handguns and other firearms for private use in their homes?”
Mayor Fenty, Attorney General Linda Singer and Police Chief Cathy Lanier are holding a press conference at 3 p.m. to respond to the Supreme Court’s decision.
