The Washington D.C. District Court has handed down its opinion in Heller v. D.C. [pdf]. Joshua Blackman has an analysis that renders any of mine redundant.
Following the Supreme Court decision in D.C. v. Heller, the District did its absolute best to comply with the Court’s ruling as little as possible. Though citizens were theoretically allowed to register handguns, the process involves jumping some pretty substantial hurdles. Dick Heller brought suit on three points:
- the District’s registration scheme in general,
- the ban on “assault weapons,” and
- restrictions on magazine capacity.
The District Court rejected strict scrutiny, finding that all three measures met with intermediate scrutiny.