DOJ Sues DC Over Ban of Semi-Automatic Firearms

DOJ alleged that the Metropolitan Police Department has engaged in a ‘pattern and practice’ of banning guns that denies residents their rights.

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Nov. 19, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has sued the District of Columbia over its ban on the AR-15 and “many other firearms protected under the Second Amendment.”

In a statement announcing the lawsuit, the DOJ called the list “an unconstitutional incursion into the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens seeking to own protected firearms for lawful purposes.”