Washington, D.C., U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is instructing federal prosecutors in the district not to seek felony gun charges against people who are carrying rifles or shotguns in the area.
The Department of Justice created the policy despite district law prohibiting carrying rifles and shotguns without permits. The policy also comes as the federal government cracks down on crime in the capital.
Pirro told the Washington Post that the ban on carrying the weapons “is clearly a violation of the Supreme Court’s holdings” in two landmark cases expanding the right to bear arms: District of Columbia v. Heller from 2008 and N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen from 2022.
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The first case established that people could possess firearms in their homes for self-defense, and the second said any
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