"A year and half after the District of Columbia was granted home rule (the ability for the city to govern its own affairs, apart from Congress), it made a bold move. The city outlawed handguns.
"It was 1976, and while the legislation would prove to do little to curb gun violence in the city, it was a bold test of the reach of the Second Amendment, which was not as thoroughly adjudicated as it is now."
http://www.nationaljournal.com/domesticpolicy/how-to-make-sense-of-america-s-wildly-different-confusing-patchwork-of-gun-control-laws-20121217?mrefid=skybox
"It was 1976, and while the legislation would prove to do little to curb gun violence in the city, it was a bold test of the reach of the Second Amendment, which was not as thoroughly adjudicated as it is now."
http://www.nationaljournal.com/domesticpolicy/how-to-make-sense-of-america-s-wildly-different-confusing-patchwork-of-gun-control-laws-20121217?mrefid=skybox
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