DC Government Requests Pause in Lawsuit Against Its Ban on AR-15 Rifles

The legal action targets the capital city’s ban on certain kinds of firearms.
DC Government Requests Pause in Lawsuit Against Its Ban on AR-15 Rifles
An AR-15 rifle at FT3 tactical shooting range in Stanton, Calif., on May 3, 2021. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times_
Matthew Vadum
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Lawyers for the District of Columbia asked a federal district court on July 11 to put a challenge to the capital city’s ban on so-called assault weapons on hold temporarily.

They argued in newly filed papers in the case of Yzaguirre v. District of Columbia that the delay would save legal resources because an appeals court will soon rule in another related challenge.