District of Columbia and Adrian M. Fenty
Petitioners
Todd S. Kim, Counsel of Record OnJune 26, 1976, the District of Columbia City Council passed the FirearmsControl Regulations Act, which banned non-law enforcement residents of theDistrict from owning handguns and automatic and semiautomatic firearms(handguns registered before 1976 were allowed under a grandfather clause). Thelaw also required all other firearms in a home to be stored disassembled,unloaded, or disarmed with a trigger lock. In 2003, six District residentsfiled suit against the city in Federal court, challenging the constitutionalityof the gun ban. Although a district court upheld the law, the District ofColumbia Circuit Court of Appeals reversed on March 9, 2007,…
