DC Gun Ownership Explodes (pun inteded) (legal, Chicago, retired, Texas)

[DRob4JC]

Since D.C.'s handgun ban ended, well-heeled residents have become well armed

In the 2½ years since the U.S. Supreme Court ended the District's handgun ban, hundreds of residents in Washington's safest, most well-to-do neighborhoods have armed themselves, registering far more guns than people in poorer, crime-plagued areas of the city, according to D.C. police data.

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No other residential Zip code in Washington has seen as big an influx of legal guns since the ban was ruled unconstitutional.



Did I miss this or was it not widely reported? Gun ban, unconstitutional? In liberal DC? Who took that to court?



"Let me put it to you this way: I feel a heck of a lot safer now than I used to," said a 69-year-old retired computer specialist living alone in the Chillum area of Northeast.

"I don't have confidence in the police in terms of response time," he said. "If we are unarmed citizens, then we have no protection, and we're automatic victims."

Nothing like a little Texas logic around the country - good to hear.

[Gungnir]

Originally Posted by DRob4JC

Did I miss this or was it not widely reported? Gun ban, unconstitutional? In liberal DC? Who took that to court?

You've never heard of Heller?

You want to fry your noodle, look up McDonald too.

And then GC advocates are currently yapping on about another ban. Sheesh!

[DRob4JC]

Originally Posted by Gungnir

You've never heard of Heller?

You want to fry your noodle, look up McDonald too.

And then GC advocates are currently yapping on about another ban. Sheesh!

Never heard - thanks for the info.