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D.C. gun ban suit waits for last shot
By: David C. Lipscomb
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to announce by Tuesday whether it will hear the District"s appeal of a federal court ruling that lifted the city"s ban on handguns.
The high court"s decision, which could come as early as today, may signal the end of the 30-year-old ban, considered to be among the most restrictive gun laws in the nation.
If the court denies the appeal, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia will issue an injunction that will stop the District from enforcing some laws that ban residents from owning and registering handguns, city officials said yesterday.
The instructions to issue the injunction would come quickly, officials said. But the process of crafting the injunction could take weeks depending on whether the court writes the injunction independently or develops one based on input from the parties involved in the case.
If the Supreme Court decides to hear the District"s case, which D.C. Attorney General Linda Singer called a matter of "life and death," it will mark the first time that the court will rule directly on the Second Amendment since 1939.
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