DOJ Sues Washington, D.C. Over “Assault Weapons” Ban
Written by Peter Boykin on December 26, 2025
DOJ Sues Washington, D.C. Over “Assault Weapons” Ban
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DOJ Sues Washington, D.C. Over “Assault Weapons” Ban
Did Washington, D.C. Just Get Dragged into the Next Big Second Amendment Showdown?
A city can look calm in the distance and still be at war with itself up close. Courthouse steps. Police policies. Paperwork that quietly decides what you are allowed to own, what you are allowed to carry, and what you can be arrested for trying to possess.
Welcome back to GoRightNews.com. The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Washington, D.C., arguing the district’s restrictions on AR-15 style rifles and other semiautomatic firearms violate the Second Amendment. The case is not only about guns. It is about whether government can convert a constitutional right into a conditional permission slip by making registration impossible.
What DOJ Is Challenging
Washington, D.C. requires residents to register firearms with the Metropolitan Police Department. DOJ argues the district uses that system to block registration of a broad category of semiautomatic firearms, including AR-15 style rifles, which makes possession effectively illegal even for law abiding citizens.
In plain terms, the federal government is arguing that if a firearm is protected by the Second Amendment, the local government cannot forbid it by refusing to register it.
The Constitutional Argument at the Center
DOJ leans on Supreme Court precedent from District of Columbia v. Heller and the modern approach emphasized in Bruen, arguing that arms “in common use” for lawful purposes fall under constitutional protection.
The lawsuit claims D.C.’s prohibition is based largely on categorizing or features while ignoring whether the firearms are widely owned and used lawfully, effectively turning a protected right into conditional permission.
The Key Details Being Reported
- The lawsuit was filed in federal court and names the Metropolitan Police Department and the police chief as defendants.
- DOJ argues D.C. residents face criminal penalties for possessing firearms that cannot be registered under current rules.
- DOJ’s press release frames this as an enforcement action alleging the District and MPD “unconstitutionally ban the AR-15 and many other firearms protected under the Second Amendment.”
- D.C. leadership and gun control advocates defend the restrictions as public safety policy, warning that loosening them could increase violence.
Why This Case Could Ripple Nationwide
D.C. is not just another city. Heller itself originated there, and major Second Amendment fights in the capital tend to echo outward.
If DOJ wins, it strengthens the argument that sweeping “assault weapon” bans conflict with the “common use” framework and cannot survive under the post-Bruen approach. If D.C. wins, it reinforces the idea that governments can keep broad prohibitions in place by defining popular firearms as outside protection through category labeling and registration gatekeeping.
Are Governments Trying to Redefine Rights by Renaming the Thing People Use?
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This case is not just a gun fight. It is a language fight.
The oldest trick in politics is to change the label and claim the Constitution no longer applies. If you can call something uniquely dangerous, you can treat it as an exception. If you can treat it as an exception, you can turn a right into a privilege. And once it is a privilege, it can be approved, denied, delayed, or revoked.
The Second Amendment either protects arms commonly owned for lawful purposes, or it does not. If it does, then a registration system cannot be used as a backdoor ban by refusing to issue registration for the most common models.
D.C. will argue public safety. Many Americans will sympathize with that instinct because violence is real and communities are tired. But constitutional rights were not written to disappear when life gets scary. They were written because life gets scary.
The question is whether the district’s policy is honest regulation or whether it is prohibition by paperwork.
A Constitutional Republic survives when government has to prove its authority, not when citizens have to beg for permission.
Sources
- Associated Press: DOJ Sues Washington, D.C. Over Assault Weapons Ban (AP News)
- U.S. Department of Justice press release (Department of Justice)
- Washington Post coverage (The Washington Post)
- WTOP coverage (WTOP News)
DOJ Sues Washington, D.C. Over “Assault Weapons” Ban
Go Right breaks down DOJ’s lawsuit against Washington, D.C. over its AR-15 and semiautomatic firearm restrictions and why the case could shape the future of Second Amendment rights nationwide.
DOJ Sues Washington, D.C. Over Assault Weapons Ban
The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Washington, D.C., challenging its ban on AR-15 style rifles and other semiautomatic firearms, arguing that the law violates the Second Amendment because the firearms in question are commonly owned and widely used for lawful purposes. The lawsuit relies heavily on Supreme Court precedent from Heller and Bruen, which emphasize that weapons in common use fall under constitutional protection. The case highlights a growing legal battle over whether governments can effectively redefine constitutional rights by labeling certain arms as uniquely dangerous despite their widespread civilian ownership, turning protected rights into conditional permissions.
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