Minnesota Firearm News

A court has struck down Washington D.C.’s 10-round magazine ban, ruling that standard-capacity magazines are in common use and protected under the Second Amendment. The decision could influence ongoing legal challenges to similar laws across the country.

Washington, D.C. officials are refusing to disclose how aggressively they are enforcing the city’s strict gun possession laws—even as federal prosecutors publicly promise zero tolerance. Neither local police nor federal prosecutors will release data on arrests or prosecutions where the only alleged offense is a technical gun-law violation, raising serious concerns about transparency, selective enforcement, and the targeting of otherwise law-abiding gun owners.

In a historic shift for U.S. gun policy, the Department of Justice under Attorney General Pam Bondi has filed a lawsuit against Washington, D.C., challenging its long-standing “assault weapons” ban as unconstitutional. The case, brought by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon’s Second Amendment Civil Rights Division, marks the first time the federal government has initiated a lawsuit directly opposing such bans—signaling a more aggressive approach to challenging state,