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District’s only firearms dealer to move
By Paul Duggan, Published: April 29
The only licensed firearms dealer active in Washington says he is closing his business temporarily, meaning D.C. residents will have no way to legally buy pistols under a landmark court decision that ended the city’s handgun ban.
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the city’s 33-year-old handgun prohibition in 2008, ruling that the Constitution guarantees the right to own firearms.
But because of a federal law governing the interstate sale of pistols, Washingtonians who want to buy such weapons must purchase them from a licensed dealer in the District. And the only active dealer, Charles Sykes Jr., confirmed Friday that he is shutting down his business in Southeast Washington, at least temporarily.
U MAD CONSTITUTION?
By Paul Duggan, Published: April 29
The only licensed firearms dealer active in Washington says he is closing his business temporarily, meaning D.C. residents will have no way to legally buy pistols under a landmark court decision that ended the city’s handgun ban.
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the city’s 33-year-old handgun prohibition in 2008, ruling that the Constitution guarantees the right to own firearms.
But because of a federal law governing the interstate sale of pistols, Washingtonians who want to buy such weapons must purchase them from a licensed dealer in the District. And the only active dealer, Charles Sykes Jr., confirmed Friday that he is shutting down his business in Southeast Washington, at least temporarily.
U MAD CONSTITUTION?
