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Appeals court declares DC ban on certain gun magazines unconstitutional
The ban on magazines holding more than 10 rounds was ruled unconstitutional, with the U.S. government conceding the violation of the Second Amendment, experts say this may impact similar laws.
- Today, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals struck down the District's long-standing ban on high-capacity magazines in a 2-1 decision authored by Associate Judge Joshua Deahl and joined by Judge Catherine Friend Easterly.
- In Benson v. U.S., appellant Tyree Benson argued the ban on magazines holding more than 10 rounds violates the Second Amendment, and the United States conceded the ban was unconstitutional.
- The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms celebrated the ruling as a landmark, with Alan Gottlieb calling it a 'legal tectonic shift' and a 'second Shot Heard Around the World.'
- For now, the District of Columbia ban is unenforceable, and the District has not yet said whether it will seek an en banc rehearing; further appeals remain possible.
- The decision positions gun-rights groups to claim momentum, as the United States conceded the ban's unconstitutionality and the gun prohibition lobby just got smacked.
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Second Amendment advocates scored a major legal victory Thursday after a Washington, D.C., appeals court tossed out the city’s ban on high-capacity gun magazines. In a 2-1 ruling in Tyree Benson v. United States and the District of Columbia, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals said the city’s prohibition on magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds violates the Constitution. The majority concluded that the widespread use of larger m…
Appeals court declares DC ban on certain gun magazines unconstitutional
An appeals court struck down a local law in the District of Columbia that banned gun magazines containing more than 10 bullets, describing the measure as unconstitutional. The ruling Thursday from the District of Columbia Court of Appeals also reversed the conviction of Tyree Benson, who was taken into custody in 2022 for being in possession of a handgun with a magazine that could contain 30 bullets, according to The New York Times. "Magazines c…
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