The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has sued the District of Columbia over its ban on the AR-15 and “many other firearms protected under the Second Amendment.”
In a statement announcing the lawsuit, the DOJ called the list “an unconstitutional incursion into the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens seeking to own protected firearms for lawful purposes.”
The lawsuit states that the ban is a denial of residents’ civil rights.
“D.C. Defendants have engaged, and continue to engage, in a pattern or practice of conduct by law enforcement officers that deprives people of rights secured and protected by the Constitution,” the lawsuit reads….