…“Their decisions to deny certificates of registration for commonly possessed semiautomatic firearms runs afoul of binding Supreme Court precedent & therefore trample the Second Amendment rights of #law abiding citizens.”prosecutors claimed.
Prosecutors cited a 2008 #SCOTUS ruling that held that people may possess firearms in their homes for purposes such as #SelfDefense, invalidating a #handgun ban that #DC had in place at the time.
[ #SemiautomaticRifles ARE NOT handguns]