New Lawsuit Challenges Ban on Concealed Carry of Firearms on DC Area Public Transit

Current law allegedly leaves riders defenseless in a transit system that is 'soft target' for terrorists

Patrons crowd the platform at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's (WMATA) Metro Center stop in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 20, 2004. Thousands use the public transit system daily to get them in and around the D.C. area. Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images

Gun owners in the nation’s capital are suing in hopes of being allowed to carry firearms on the region’s crime-ridden public transit system.

The lawsuit is one of several filed nationwide after the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling June 23 recognizing a constitutional right to carry firearms in public for self-defense.